A Pittsburgh man is defending the Steelers flag that he painted with a swastika in protest of the current wave of NFL players kneeling during the national anthem, WPXI reported. The news team was first contacted about the flag by neighbors too uncomfortable and scared to confront the man who created it. The man claims…
(JTA) — Several swastikas were found drawn on message boards outside two dormitory rooms in the same residence hall at Brandeis University. Public safety officers removed the images, officials at the Jewish-founded nonsectarian university said this week in a letter addressed to “Members of the Brandeis community.” Also, the letter said, posters targeting pro-Palestinian student…
A former neo-Nazi was inspired to turn his life around—even going through the painful process of covering up his swastika tattoo—after befriending his African-American parole officer. Michael Kent of Colorado, who spent years as a member of a violent skinhead gang, told ABC News that officer Tiffany Whittier also inspired him to remove the Nazi…
A group of students at a Catholic high school in Missouri have been suspended for playing beer pong with cups arranged in the shape of a swastika, the Kansas City Star reported. The students, from the all-girls St. Theresa’s Academy in Kansas City, were caught after pictures of their game were posted to Snapchat. “Girls…
Seattle police said that they were responding to a viral video of a man wearing a swastika armband getting punched in the street. The Seattle Police Department said that they responded within five minutes to the scene, where they found the swastika-wearing man on the ground. The victim “declined to provide info about incident &…
Police are investigating anti-Semitic graffiti found on the side of a diner in New Jersey this weekend, including spray painted swastikas. Some of the language scrawled on the side of the building include, “Kill Jews,” “Heil Hitler,” and “WPWW,” an acronym for “white power world wide,” the New Jersey Herald reported. One employee, Sharon Smith,…
(JTA) — A swastika was carved into the front door of a Jewish couple in Colorado twice in two days. Police do not have any suspects in the incidents from Tuesday and Wednesday in Lafayette, the Boulder Daily Camera reported. Will and Emma Rosenbaum moved from New York City a year ago because it was…
Last month, a group of activists rallied at a Flea Market in Utah to protest what they said was a swastika-decorated blanket on sale. But flea market organizers said this this was no swastika — but instead a sacred Native American symbol. “I know antiques and I knew exactly what it was when I saw…
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