USA - Anti-Semitic graffiti covered over

In April graffiti was scrawled on several rocks in white spray paint in a bike path near the public library in Marblehead. The area was littered with beer cans and other debris. The graffiti consisted of a large swastika and the words “Hitler” and “Jews Burn.” Members of the Task Force Against Discrimination and the ADL, accompanied by the area’s Police Chief, marched to the scene armed with cans of blue spray paint and rendered the graffiti illegible but left a reminder that an act of hatred had occurred.

20-year-old Daniel Dyer of Marblehead along with two juveniles were found responsible for the graffiti, with Dyer sentenced to time in jail for two counts of damage for the purpose of intimidation. One of the juveniles, a 16-year-old at the time of the crime, was sentenced to perform community service, enrolled in a Holocaust awareness program and paid $667 in restitution.

Source: www.townonline.com

Date: May 23, 2007

Posted: May 24, 2007

By Kaitlin Melanson

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