Bigot leaves ‘Hitler is coming’ Post-it on
Jewish Children’s Museum in Clinton Hill
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BY KEVIN DUGGAN
AND COLIN MIXSON
Cops are hunting the lowlife
who left an anti-Semitic Post-it
note that read “Hitler is coming”
on a billboard outside the
Jewish Children’s Museum on
Eastern Parkway on May 30.
Witnesses reportedly saw
a teenage girl writing the note
on the wall — where the organization
has invited passersby
to leave Post-its describing
how they would transform the
world — at around 8 p.m. Onlookers
put up a search for the
vandal, but she had already
left the scene, according to the
local Jewish news site Collive.
com.
Police are currently anticipating
a harassment charge
— not vandalism — due to the
semi-public nature of the wall,
according to a police spokesman.
“My understanding this is
an area where people were welcome
to come and leave notes,”
said Det. Michael DeBonis. “It
isn’t a traditional vandalism,
or graffi ti.”
The case is being pursued
by the department’s Hate
Crimes Task Force, and any
charges issued may be upgraded
if investigators can
prove bias in the incident,
DeBonis said.
The museum’s spokesperson
did not return requests for
comment.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo condemned
the act and directed
the state’s Hate Crimes Task
Force to assist NYPD with
their investigation.
“To ensure those responsible
for this heinous act are
held accountable to the fullest
extent of the law, I am directing
the State Police Hate
Crimes Task Force to immediately
provide the NYPD with
any resources needed to assist
in the investigation of this
incident,” Cuomo said
in a May 30 statement.
“Now and always, there
is no place for hate in
our state.”
The state’s commander
in-chief noted the
rise of anti-Semitic episodes
across the country, calling
for both unity — and condemnation.
“In the wake of a rise in
anti-Semitic and other hate
crimes in our nation, it is more
important than ever that we
stand united to condemn these
despicable acts of violence and
root out hate in all its forms,”
the pol said.
The event comes just more
than a week after another malcontent
drew a swastika on a
Jewish community center in
Clinton Hill.
Anti-Semitic crimes in Brooklyn
Police investigate swastika on Clinton
Hill Jewish Community Center
Police are investigating a swastika that was found by an
employee on the front door of the community center between
Greene and Gates avenues at 7 a.m. on May 22.
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Bus driver allegedly refuses service to
Orthodox straphanger in Williamsburg
The MTA is investigating claims that a city bus driver
attempted to refuse service to an Orthodox Jewish man in
April, claiming he would infect her with the measles virus.
Hate crimes have left Williamsburg Jews in fear of attack
A group of men attacked a 42-year-old man wearing religious
garb on May 4, shouting anti-Semitic slurs, before
socking him in the face. Three days later, a teen snuck up
behind an Orthodox Jewish man on Marcy Avenue near Rodney
Street, where he sucker punched the man before fl eeing.
NYPD
The museum staff reportedly set up the mural to encourage people to post good resolutions on it.
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