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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To what “protected category” does Bernie Sanders belong? Senators?
I’m sorry but I’m LMAO at this.
Free Lunch Express
More like a LOVE crime.
Bernie has an ugly mug.
Pepe arguably looks better.
Disagreeing with the Left is now “hate”.
“Hateful meme”.
Anything conservatives do or use is twisted into a “hateful meme”.
What is hateful about Pepe?
What is hateful about the old OK sign? 👌
The guy who attacked Sen. Rand Paul wasn’t charged for a hate crime and the Senator will suffer from that attack for the rest of his life! Democrats are the only folks allowed to claim “hate” crimes! Bunch of leftist thugs!
Communists.........................
Instead of Pepe the frog, why didn’t someone paint a hammer and sickle next to his mural?
Of course it’s a hate crime. Do not disrespect a party member.
I thought Bernie was and therefore, unable to be discriminated against. Who moved the goalposts again?
Good point.
Has there ever been a case where Trump’s mural or any painting was defaced?
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,”
So all of those statues destroyed, buildings burned, Trump signs stolen and Trump supporters assaulted are hate crimes? No? Why not? Because Orangemanbad!
Oh that damn “hate has no home here” self-righteous crap.
And BTW, how is it this mural was authorized on public structures in public view? Obviously it must be for them to be able to complain and restore the junk.
The problem for hate crimes is that the prosecution must show that the person who commits the crime is thinking hatefully. My solution is that if something is a crime then it’s a crime. If it’s not a crime, then it isn’t.
Hate crimes are about political virtue signaling.
Good thing that Murderers aren’t motivated by Hate. I imagine the Penalty for hating someone you Murdered is much worse that the Penalty for Murdering someone you liked.
The Thought Police are everywhere.
No idea.
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