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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Performance art is now a hate crime?
Leftist
“I’m sorry but I’m LMAO at this.”
Same here. Can’t believe we sunk this low.
“Instead of Pepe the frog, why didn’t someone paint a hammer and sickle next to his mural?”
Because no one would notice.
I think Pepe is a great symbol and should appear everywhere the powers of the Left attempt to impose there will. Pepe means “Resistance” Its like the “V” painted over Nazi Posters.
Kek...hee-hee
Revealed as a hoax in 3,2,1....🙄
Since the NYP couldn’t be bothered, see the before AND after pics here...
https://thedonald.win/p/11S0z6FBJd/if-anyone-wants-to-see-the-pepe-/c/
“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.”
Why were none of the BLM riots ever classified as hate crimes?
Since when are acts motivated by political differences considered "hate crimes?!"
Would tearing down a swastika-emblazoned flag count as a "hate crime?!"
Regards,
How do we know that this alleged hate crime is due to Sanders’ Jewish faith? It’s also interesting how “official graphitti” gets protection in DC and other inner cities.
Black Olives do NOT matter to my spouse.
He hates them!
It’s freakin’ graffiti, who cares that it was painted over. Good grief. Shouldn’t even be a news story. It’s treated like it was a valuable painting in his office or home.
I thought it was legal to hate all white men?
We did not think of that when they were stroking confederate statues. It’s a hate crime.
I have a couple of questions.
What was the Bernie “mural” painted over?
Is it okay for conservatives to say “Bern the System”?
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