Antisemitic graffiti found on Belknap County Democratic Committee building
AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO CHANGE. THE WORDS CAN BE WIPED AWAY, BUT THE HATEFUL MESSAGE THAT COMES WITH IT IS NOT CLEANED OFF THAT EASY. HORRIBLE. THIS HAS GOT TO STOP. AROUND NINE WEDNESDAY MORNING, THE EMPLOYEES AT THE BELKNAP COUNTY DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE FOUND ANTI SEMITIC GRAFFITI AND POSTERS ALONG THE OUTSIDE OF THEIR BUILDING. IT CAME DOWN. JONAH DAVIS IS THE CHAIR OF THE BELKNAP DEMOCRATS AND SHOWED US THE SWASTIKAS AND SLURS THAT WERE SPRAY PAINTED ON THE WINDOWS AND WALLS. YOU CAN SEE ALL THE POSTERS. THEY WERE GLUED RIGHT ON THERE, ALONG WITH POSTERS OF ANTI-SEMITIC CONSPIRACIES. AND FOR WHITE NATIONALISTS RECRUITMENT OVER HERE, BOTH WINDOWS AND IN THE MIDDLE. DAVIS SAYS SHE AND HER COWORKERS ARE SHAKEN UP AND BELIEVE IT HAPPENED AFTER RECENTLY VOCALIZING THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. WE ARE JUST PEOPLE WITH OUR IDEAS AND MAY NOT AGREE WITH YOU POLITICALLY, BUT WE’RE ALL HUMAN. LACONIA POLICE NOW ADDING THIS INVESTIGATION TO SIMILAR ONES THEY’VE RECENTLY HAD IN THE CITY. WE’RE LOOKING AT DEVELOPING ANY LEADS OR CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IS ONE OF THE ANGLES THEY’RE PURSUING IS A LINK CONNECTING TO AN APP THAT WAS ON SOME POSTERS TRYING TO RECRUIT. IT’S DEFINITELY ONE OF THE ANGLES WE’RE LOOKING AT. BUT THE SUPPORT FOR THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN LACONIA IS STILL ALIVE AND WELL. CERTAINLY WE STAND VERY STRONGLY WITH OUR JEWISH COMMUNITY. WE’RE BEING HATED FOR LOVING OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. IT’S JUST GOT TO STOP. NOW. THE NEW HAMPSHIRE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE HAS RELEASED A STATEMENT ABOUT THIS. THEY SAY THEY ARE AWARE OF THE INCIDENT AND THAT HATE CRIMES AND CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS HAVE
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Antisemitic graffiti found on Belknap County Democratic Committee building
Swastikas and slurs were spraypainted on the windows and walls, and posters with antisemitic conspiracy theories were glued to the windows.
Swastikas and slurs were spraypainted on the windows and walls, and posters with antisemitic conspiracy theories were glued to the windows.
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