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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sun May 27, 2018, 11:17 AM May 2018

Man In Custody After Swastikas Found Painted On Gravestones

Source: Talking Points Memo/AP




By Associated Press | May 27, 2018 10:01 am

GLEN CARBON, Ill. (AP) — Authorities in southwestern Illinois say a suspect is in custody after swastikas were found spray-painted on several homes and dozens of grave markers at a nearby cemetery.

Edwardsville police announced on Facebook that a 34-year-old man was apprehended on Saturday. Additional information on the suspect was not immediately available.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports employees at Sunset Hill Cemetery in neighboring Glen Carbon found swastikas on 150 to 200 headstones. Cemetery grounds superintendent Mark Johnson says the vandalism was discovered Saturday morning.

Glen Carbon is roughly 15 miles (24 kilometers) northeast of St. Louis.


Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/man-in-custody-after-swastikas-found-painted-on-gravestones

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Man In Custody After Swastikas Found Painted On Gravestones (Original Post) DonViejo May 2018 OP
Authorities should accompany him to the cemetery and hand him a brush and paint remover of shraby May 2018 #1
Preferably at high noon, all summer. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2018 #2
Yes, very appropriate. mountain grammy May 2018 #4
And make him dress in cold weather gear while cleaning up the cemetery 47of74 May 2018 #11
Was he home schooled? nt DURHAM D May 2018 #3
I think he should get the Aldo Raine treatment mitch96 May 2018 #5
Why not release the Nazi's name? sinkingfeeling May 2018 #6
Yes, I'd like to know why they are protecting him, too! flying_wahini May 2018 #8
Yep. What's the holdup? dalton99a May 2018 #9
No kidding. I'd love to see his photo, his beady eyes, his sullen stare. Judi Lynn May 2018 #13
George Rissell, 24 of Coatsville.... marble falls May 2018 #16
Different guy. The cemetery was in Glen Carbon, IL. sinkingfeeling May 2018 #18
OOPS, the title was too close. This thing seems to happen a lot. marble falls May 2018 #19
Probably hasn't been arraigned yet. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2018 #27
Middle aged. Dipshit nazi, letting his freak flag fly. Mc Mike May 2018 #7
He's actually 24. marble falls May 2018 #17
I've read 34, more than once. Including in the above o.p. Mc Mike May 2018 #20
Ignore my link and story, its about another case in PA. I clicked the wrong link. marble falls May 2018 #21
Poppin up all over. Mc Mike May 2018 #22
Crazy, isn't it? I don't get it. marble falls May 2018 #23
They're trying to menace us with their pitiful paltry little numbers. Mc Mike May 2018 #24
I derive much satisfaction knowing a winning side doesn't have to resort to desparate .... marble falls May 2018 #25
Right, sneaking in to a deserted graveyard in the dead of night, Mc Mike May 2018 #28
Glad they got him. Solly Mack May 2018 #10
Deplorable DesertRat May 2018 #12
What is in this asshole's mind? Stuart G May 2018 #14
"I thought I got away with it, I wonder if the AtomWaffen will go my bail?" marble falls May 2018 #15
Edwardsville, IL? I used to live there many lifetimes ago. Laffy Kat May 2018 #26

shraby

(21,946 posts)
1. Authorities should accompany him to the cemetery and hand him a brush and paint remover of
Sun May 27, 2018, 11:22 AM
May 2018

some sort and tell him to clean up his mess. When he is done give him a pile of paper and make him draw swastika until he can't stand to look at them anymore.

Mc Mike

(9,111 posts)
24. They're trying to menace us with their pitiful paltry little numbers.
Mon May 28, 2018, 08:13 PM
May 2018

A small number of brain dead dingalings, with their tiny claws and fangs, pulling scary faces on America.

My fave was the crying one from Charlottesville, talked all big and murder mouthed us, then found out he was liable to be charged for a heaping stack of self admitted felonies, on film.

They really cut back on their big beer hall putsch jamborees after that.

I also liked Richard Spencer explaining his froggie pin.

marble falls

(57,055 posts)
25. I derive much satisfaction knowing a winning side doesn't have to resort to desparate ....
Mon May 28, 2018, 09:03 PM
May 2018

measures, like attacking cars and graves.

Mc Mike

(9,111 posts)
28. Right, sneaking in to a deserted graveyard in the dead of night,
Tue May 29, 2018, 05:40 AM
May 2018

like a cockroach coming out after the lights go off, to graffiti the tombstone of someone you can't actually hurt anymore, with a backwards swastika, is no roughrider charge up San Juan Hill.

They can't really rally the troops with stoopid stuff like this. I do feel bad for the loved ones who see those graves vandalized, but such a petty paltry effort at attacking and intimidation shows what losers they are, and isn't a stirring call to arms for their coompas.

Laffy Kat

(16,376 posts)
26. Edwardsville, IL? I used to live there many lifetimes ago.
Mon May 28, 2018, 09:08 PM
May 2018

It was a sweet little town back then. Sorry to hear this is the nazi's home.

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