They're breaking windows again.

[RandySF]

ALAMEDA (KRON) — The Jewish temple on Alameda’s Bay Farm Island was vandalized this week according to Alameda Police.

A large object was thrown through the windows of Temple Israel, located at 3183 Mecartney Rd., sometime between 9:30 p.m. Wednesday night and Thursday afternoon, police said.

No one went into the temple and police did not discover any graffiti.

Police say this will be investigated as a hate crime.

The suspect is only described as someone wearing all black clothing.

Community members are planning to come together Friday at 7 p.m. at the temple to show their support for temple members. A temple representative says all are welcome to join.


http://kron4.com/2017/08/18/vandal-breaks-windows-of-alameda-synagogue/

[salin]

1. How do Duers read this, in this week, and not recommend the story?

we need to pay attention to the ripples that are growing - in both directions - and with such fast news cycles - recommending such a story can make sure (if it gets to the greatest page) that people see the story before it falls off the page.

It's part of being 'woke', and 'resist.'

[Gore1FL]

6. You gotta give it more than six minutes.

It has 31 recs after 33 minutes.

[salin]

14. True, and appreciated.

In fast news cycles, the speed of posts in DUs GD can relegate a post to page 2 or 3 (not seen) and important items can fall out of sight, before many can read. At the time I posted my comment, there had been about 25 reads, no comments and one recommend (prior to mine.) Clearly my response was premature.

There are times one is gratified - to be wrong (per my initial response.)

[yardwork]

24. Sometimes people don't know what more to say.

It's unfortunate that stupid flame war threads about personality get hundreds of recs here as people take sides and bash one another in the comments.

Threads about something appalling - that everybody agrees is appalling - get little attention. Does one "rec" a thread when the topic is horrific? Sometimes that feels wrong. What more can one say?

[NurseJackie]

30. It's counterintuitive, isn't it. Whenever I "rec" bad-news stories...

... it's because they're WORTH READING or because they're educational. It's NOT because I'm happy with the news, and it's NOT because I agree with the event or the speaker.

[SCVDem]

8. It's been a long week.

Sixteen Tons at work and an emotionally draining series of attacks at home and abroad. Loss of life and sadness.

Even the police don't respond to most property damage calls.

I need a break. Sorry.

[salin]

17. Agreed SCVDem.

Very hard week.

This was just my attempt to make sure the post got a little kick and time for a few more eyes, with a pitch for "important" (and to keep the OP on page one a little longer on this crazy news day.)

Thx for responding, despite the fatigue.

Take that break. We all need to do this (take breaks) in this era of insanity.

[montana_hazeleyes]

2. k&R

[brush]

3. K and R

This happened in Alameda, California, right?

The state doesn't seem to be mentioned.

[left-of-center2012]

4. Yep

I googled KRON and it's in San Francisco, CA

[hibbing]

5. I'm afraid is only going to get worse

The current part time resident of the White House has made it blatantly clear who he is. And fuck it with these alt right, white nationalist, etc euphemisms, we all know what these people are.


Peace

[murielm99]

20. Exactly.

There was some TV show tonight trying to tell us who these euphemisms represented. I know. I don't need their phony names. I know who they are.

[Tarheel_Dem]

7. WTF? We have officially lost our minds in this country. n/t

[calimary]

10. No kidding.

[paleotn]

32. I believe so.

I can't figure this crap out either.

[Stonepounder]

9. Note: For those not familiar with Alameda, it is in the San Francisco-San Jose area.

I weep for my country.

[BumRushDaShow]

25. For a little levity - Alameda

That area is such a hotbed, where you have generations of liberalism punctuated by hate-mongers who had taken up residence in the area like Savage Weiner, spewing his brand of hate talk radio.

[TexasTowelie]

37. Star Fleet Academy is in San Francisco

and they don't know where Alameda is? I guess that Google Maps doesn't exist in the 23rd century.

ETA: With an extra dose of irony since the navigator that is lost.

[BumRushDaShow]

42. Chekov could navigate the stars. The ground? Not so much.

[IronLionZion]

11. Trump will tell us both sides are guilty

the windows should have never been there. No windows were breaking before glass was invented, think about that.

The people who threw the objects were failed by society and are the real victims in this story. Many are of course fine people.

Fox News will tell us every mistake those windows have ever made in their lives and conservative blogs will tell us eyewitnesses saw the windows throwing objects at the nazis so it was self defense.

The objects are hard workers just trying to make it home to their kids before those worthless entitled windows got in the way. If the windows were more conservative they wouldn't break so easily. Weak!

[PatrickforO]

16. That's actually pretty good.

It's been the windows all along.

[SCVDem]

18. You may not know this, but,

BELIEVE ME!!!!

Shut up fake news, I'm not done!

Fuck off!

[IronLionZion]

23. The Lamestream media is too liberal to report the truth about these terrorist windows

get the real story from breitbart and infowars. It's always been the windows' fault.

[Sunlei]

12. same neighborhood that had hitler graffiti on an elementary school

[George II]

13. Reminders of decades ago:

Finally:

[Wounded Bear]

27. Kristallnacht...

[PatrickforO]

15. These hate crimes cannot stand.

It's sick.

[SCVDem]

19. You can telll who is

German and who is not from the expressions on the faces as they pass the carnage.

How can people be so cold?

[Warren DeMontague]

21. Kick and Rec

[yardwork]

22. Throwing rocks through windows is the ultimate cowardice.

Hiding in the dark, throwing rocks at places of worship. Weak. Cowardly.

[colsohlibgal]

26. Ominous Winds

20-20 last night was on our deep divisions, I DVR'd it, but quickly erased it when they seemed to be going with the two scoops both sides to blame road.

My local paper yesterday had an article about far right wing hate groups in freaking Ohio and there were as I remember 13 of them.

Rough times ahead I think.

[Honeycombe8]

28. If I lived in the area, I'd go. Everyone has to stand together against Nazis. nt

[edhopper]

29. Come on

Comparing this vandalism to Kristalnacht?

There you had Government leaders endorsing the groups that were doing the carnage.

This was a act of vandalism by some low life who.......

Oh! ......Wait a sec.....yeah, again.

[keithbvadu2]

31. Blame on both sides?

[still_one]

33. Not to minimize the seriousness of this, but my first take was that it was about Microsoft

when I just read the OP

[apkhgp]

34. Just curious

Are we going to see a mosque getting vandalized?

[RocketJSquirrel]

35. There was a vigil held last night

This was the original story from when the vandalism happened. But it misses that there was a community vigil at the synagogue last night to condemn this hate crime and stand with the community.

There were maybe 200-300 people in attendance. The mayor, vice-mayor, and entire city council attended, along with the police chief and state assembly rep. I personally drove 50 minutes from my home to Alameda to join the group, and met up with an old friend from Catholic school and my brother-in-law and sister-in-law.

This is the necessary response when someone in our community is attacked.

I'm surprised I can't find a story about the vigil on KRON 4. They had a camera crew there last night. --rjs

https://www.facebook.com/BerkeleyIndivisible/posts/1533249486718631

[NRaleighLiberal]

36. welcome to DU

Great user name!

[RocketJSquirrel]

39. Thanks!

Been lurking for a long time, but finally had a kick in the rear to register on the site and set the record straight here. --rjs

[RocketJSquirrel]

38. My photos from vigil

These are my (not great) photos from last night. I was kind of in the middle of the crowd, but couldn't get a good panoramic shot of the entire crowd. --rjs

https://goo.gl/photos/A61SQ1cyvUfhZ1ZY8

[Rhiannon12866]

41. Great photos! Thanks for sharing!

And it looks like a pretty substantial crowd which is only good news. Welcome to DU!

[oasis]

43. Welcome and thanks.

[RocketJSquirrel]

46. Article about the vigil

Finally found this article online. --rjs

https://www.jweekly.com/2017/08/19/hundreds-show-vigil-alamedas-temple-israel-vandalism-investigated-hate-crime/

[Rhiannon12866]

47. Good article, thanks for the follow up!

And kudos to all who showed up to support their neighbors. We all need to stand together against this resurgence of hate.

[rzemanfl]

40. Welcome to DU. n/t

[Hortensis]

44. Charlottesville is not working out the way the "Unite the Right"

groups intended at all. Texas A&M canceled their ralley planned for 9/11 (!), statues coming down, more backlash in many states.

Their leader is currently trying to make hay, not out of being a victorious member of the undefeatable master race, but out of supposedly having to hide from murderous liberals.

Thanks and welcome to DU, RocketJSquirrel.

[gopiscrap]

45. welcome to DU