Masked cyclist paints swastikas on Jewish windows in Brooklyn one day after election

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A real thing that happened.

This happened in Brooklyn early on Wednesday.

From News 12 Brooklyn:

Swastikas were painted on a Magen David Yeshivah in Gravesend.

Police say security guards discovered the symbols at 2132 McDonald Ave. just after 6:30 a.m. Wednesday.

The swastikas were painted on multiple windows and on a pillar at the Jewish center, according to the NYPD.

The swastikas were washed off of the windows and Israeli flags were taped over the symbols on the walls.

Looks like they have an idea for who did this:

Deputy Commissioner of Public Information

Disturbing surveillance video captured the mysterious bike-riding vandal who painted swastikas at a Brooklyn yeshiva early Wednesday morning — just hours after socialist Zohran Mamdani's mayoral win.

The footage shows a single figure wearing a wide-brimmed hat pedal up to the Magen David Yeshiva in Gravesend around 6:30 a.m., stopping briefly and scrawling the hateful graffiti before riding off.

There was also this:

The paint looks similar, but that's all there really is to say about it.

Mamdani tweeted about the swastikas to condemn them:

With the state of the world, hard to say who did this or why…


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