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TexasTowelie

(116,873 posts)
Fri Feb 17, 2017, 07:06 AM Feb 2017

Swastika Found Painted On Dumpster Outside Providence YMCA


A picture of the swastika, spray painted on a dumpster in front of a YMCA on the East Side of Providence.
Credit Courtesy Ben Shakin via Twitter


A symbol was discovered Thursday morning spray painted on a dumpster in front of a YMCA in Providence. Staff say they removed the symbol shortly after its discovery.

The perpetrator and motive for the graffiti remain unknown, but Marty Cooper of the Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island said it’s part of an uptick in anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim acts across the country.

“It almost feels as if people are empowered to show their hate,” said Cooper. “But at the same time, I’m not so certain that people really realize that they’re being hateful. Some people are doing it because they think it’s neat, it’s cool. It’s not cool.

Cooper said he’s noticed the increase in the last six months.

Read more: http://ripr.org/post/swastika-found-painted-dumpster-outside-providence-ymca
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Swastika Found Painted On Dumpster Outside Providence YMCA (Original Post) TexasTowelie Feb 2017 OP
Looks like it's just someone's opinion of Waste Management's 1965Comet Feb 2017 #1
they better learn their bdamomma Mar 2017 #2

bdamomma

(66,496 posts)
2. they better learn their
Fri Mar 17, 2017, 07:16 AM
Mar 2017

history cause they don't know how people died and suffered during the Holocaust.

Truly jerks to be doing this we are a country of immigrants what don't they get?

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