Squadron, Community Denounce Hate and Intimidation in Brooklyn
Source: Kings County Politics
About a thousand people, including a number of Brooklyns elected officials, yesterday overwhelmed Brooklyn Heights Adam Yauch Park, State Street between Columbia & Willow Place, in response to two wrongly drawn swastikas including the words Go Trump that were found spray-painted on playground equipment and discovered on Friday.
Since the incident city workers had painted over the graffiti in the park which had been renamed in 2013 after the late Beastie Boys founding member, Adam Yauch. At the rally those gathered smiled, hand-clapped and carried placards with messages of peace and love, while small children decorated the site of the vandalism with paper hearts and flowers.
Hatred has no place in our backyard, no place in our city, and no place in our country, said State Sen. Daniel Squadron (Brooklyn Heights, Dumbo, Lower Manhattan). Anyone who thinks the current political climate will allow oppression to win in this country is wrong. The swastika represents genocide and monstrosities our nation came together to defeat. Brooklyns diversity represents our countrys great strengths, and we will stand up to any who want to undermine its values.
As the states top law enforcement officer, let me assure anyone who is feeling scared or threatened at this time that this office stands behind you and has your back, said Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who last week issued an urgent bulletin to law enforcement offices statewide that provides guidance and support to identify, investigate, and prosecute hate crimes. New Yorks diversity is our greatest strength, and we will not allow anyone to turn that strength against us. Hate has no place here in Brooklyn, in New York, or anywhere.
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From my Twitter feed:
This happened about three blocks from my house.