Bigot leaves ‘Hitler is coming’ Post-it on
Jewish Children’s Museum in Clinton Hill
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JUNE 9, 2019, BROOKLYN WEEKLY
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.
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Photo by Kevin Duggan
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The museum staff reportedly set up the mural to encourage people to post good resolutions on it.
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