Medford stunned by rash of anti-Semitic graffiti

[Behind the Aegis]

MEDFORD — Anti-Semitic and other hate speech and symbols spray-painted on public schools, playgrounds, and businesses in south Medford have stunned local officials, who vow to mount a vigorous investigation into who desecrated the city on the eve of Holocaust ­Remembrance Day.

“To think they would be that brazen, to travel wherever they want, to destroy whatever they want,” Mayor Michael J. ­McGlynn said Monday. “It’s ­unconscionable.”

Swastikas, a shamrock, and references to the Aryan nation were painted on more than two dozen locations, including street signs and athletic fields at Tufts University, overnight on Saturday into Sunday, officials said.

McGlynn said he thinks the attack was planned to coincide with the annual commemoration of the Nazi genocide of 6 million Jews.

“I think it’s too much of a coincidence that it would happen on a day when so many remembrance services were going on,” he said.

Police Chief Leo A. Sacco Jr. said police are investigating the incident under the state’s hate crime law.

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[tblue]

1. My kid goes to Tufts and he's Jewish!

Oy gevalt! I hope they catch whoever did this real quick. Damn!

[Cali_Democrat]

2. Hopefully the perps will be caught and prosecuted under hate crimes laws

[freshwest]

3. I am amazed at the amount of open hatred of Jews on the internet. One would think it was gone.

But the patriot movement and others have gone right down in the sewer with their beliefs of the 'international Jewish bankster cabal.' It's new to some, but as old as the pogroms in Europe.

Was following the story of a GOP politican in the news, and found the same roots and mythology in it. One wonders why people have not learned history. It usually erupts in April to coincidence with the dates of violent acts and Hitler.

It's a worrisome spring time event and it is a hate crime.

[Behind the Aegis]

4. I just posted an article about that in the Jewish group.

It is erupting all over the place, and just as social media can be a wonderful thing, it, too, has a very ugly side, and anti-Semitism is only one of the nasty things getting a new platform.

[Journeyman]

5. So what's with the Shamrock? That's not explained in the article. . .

Was it an anti-Irish symbol, or some perverted use in the service of the Aryan Nation?

It was evidently only painted once, so that makes it harder to understand the rationale behind it.

Anyone know?



Okay. I found something more at the Tufts University website, on the student newspaper page. Evidently, the Shamrock (they call it a clover) is specific to certain street gangs in the neighborhood. Additional evidence (if any was needed) that troglodytes come in all shapes and colors.

Medford police are working with area gang units in an attempt to identify the signs, many of which were very specific, according to Rudolph. Beyond swastikas and racial slurs, the tags included clovers and the words “Crew 28,” according to reporting by local affiliate FOX 25.

http://www.tuftsdaily.com/news/medford-police-search-for-suspects-in-southern-medford-bello-field-defacement-1.2821958#.UWepYb_WH8s

[Scootaloo]

6. The Aryan Brotherhood uses the shamrock as one of their signs

If you go into prison with an AB presence and happen to have a shamrock or clover tattooed on you, you can either join up or cover up, or they will make a practice of beating the living shit out of and / or just killing you for "stealing" their logo.