Posted on 01/19/2021 9:50:16 AM PST by karpov
A mural of Sen. Bernie Sanders in Washington, DC, was vandalized with a likeness of Pepe the Frog in a suspected hate crime, police said.
The colorful “Bern the System” artwork painted onto a concrete wall beneath Interstate 395 in the 100 block of H Street in the city’s Navy Yard section was defaced sometime between Dec. 15 and Thursday with the cartoon image that’s been adopted as a hateful meme by some alt-right extremists, police said.
Cops were called to the site Saturday by one of the artists involved who felt the vandalism might be “motivated by hate or bias of political or religious affiliation,” a police report obtained by The Post shows.
The artist was in the process of fixing the mural when officers responded. An investigation into the “suspected hate crime” possibly motivated by “anti-Jewish” sentiment is ongoing, according to the police report.
Sanders, a 79-year-old independent senator from Vermont, is Jewish, the police report notes.
No arrests had been made as of early Tuesday, police said.
“The case remains under active investigation,” a Metropolitan Police spokeswoman wrote in an email.
Doron Ezickson, head of the Anti-Defamation League’s Washington office, told WTTG that DC police have contacted the organization regarding the mural, which has since been repaired.
The artwork now appears to feature a new phrase near Sanders’ head that reads: “Hate has no home here.”
Ezickson, meanwhile, said it’s the first time he’s seen imagery of Pepe the Frog in the Washington area, WWTG reported.
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Laz hit it?
And now that the commies are in full power, the full leverage of the so-called “hate crime” becomes clear and will be used even more.
And this from last year (8/1/2020):
Two Students for Life Members Arrested in Washington DC After Attempting to Chalk “Black Preborn Lives Matter” Outside Abortion Clinic
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I thought hating whitey was allowed? Our privilege or something like that?
“To what “protected category” does Bernie Sanders belong? Senators?”
Isn’t he a joo? Joo’s are universally despised by the left, EXCEPT if they can accuse a right winger of fake anti-semitism.
I find it amazing how left wingers can turn a 4chan troll into an international symbol of hate
But trashing Trumps star on the walk of fame isn’t a hate crime?
The embedded video should come with a communist propaganda alert.
Bingo.
What is a “love crime”?
I guess defacing swaths of streets with “BLM”.
And because it’s a crime committed in the name of love, it’s ignored and laughed off and even lauded!
I’m pretty sure Pepe is also Jewish.
Socialists. Yes I hate socialists.
We keep being told they are the majority. is 81 million people voted for socialism, hardly a protected class.
However, the rules always change to suit liberals and their agenda.
Always.
We live in a culture that has turned completely upside-down. Where literally EVERYTHING is “hate”...
If the mural was graffiti, then painting more graffiti over it is not a crime. If the mural was property, then painting graffiti over it is a crime. Calling it a “hate crime” is just dumb.
If the justice system in America is not able to equally administer justice, then we have no justice. If some crimes are worse than others, simply because of the supposed victim of the crimes, then justice is not equal.
How can it be a hate crime when I would really love doing it?
Excerpt says “ motivated by “anti-Jewish” sentiment.”
Nothing to do with people hating communism and communists. Nope.
Isn’t “Pepe” a grinning frog? Amusing, absurd or irritating yes depending on ones sensibilities but “hateful” only to fwagile wittle snowflakes.
As far as I’m concerned we need a lot more like this on the left wing ideologue/progressive icons.
Hating Bernie is a crime? Are dems now like North Korean leaders, you go to prison for not liking them?
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