Police investigate after graffiti found on Holocaust memorial in Washington Park KATU Staff © Provided by KATU Portland
Portland police said they are investigating after someone put hateful graffiti on the Oregon Holocaust Memorial in Washington Park on Sunday.
According to Portland police, officers found swastikas and other graffiti spray painted on the memorial.
As officers investigated they found similar graffiti on street signs and concrete barriers in the neighborhood.
There is no suspect information at this time, police said.
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler released a statement on Twitter after the graffiti was found, writing:
The damage to the Oregon Holocaust Memorial is heartbreaking, and it s particularly painful that it happened during Jewish American Heritage Month. I denounce hate crimes, anti-Semitism, and white supremacy.
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Holocaust Memorial in Portland, Oregon, Vandalized With Swastika Graffiti
On 5/3/21 at 3:45 PM EDT
Vandalism hit a Holocaust memorial in Portland, Oregon, where police said they found spray-painted anti-Semitic symbols on the memorial and throughout the neighborhood Sunday morning.
Swastikas among other graffiti desecrated the Oregon Holocaust Memorial in Washington Park as the Portland Police Bureau currently investigate the incident. The damage to the Oregon Holocaust Memorial is heartbreaking, and it s particularly painful that it happened during Jewish American Heritage Month. I denounce hate crimes, anti-Semitism, and white supremacy, Portland s Mayor Ted Wheeler wrote on Twitter Monday.
The damage to the Oregon Holocaust Memorial is heartbreaking, and it s particularly painful that it happened during Jewish American Heritage Month. I denounce hate crimes, anti-Semitism, and white supremacy. https://t.co/NQOWtTFBIm Mayor Ted Wheeler (@tedwheeler) May 3, 2021
Police investigate after graffiti found on Holocaust memorial in Washington Park KATU Staff © Provided by KATU Portland
Portland police said they are investigating after someone put hateful graffiti on the Oregon Holocaust Memorial in Washington Park on Sunday.
According to Portland police, officers found swastikas and other graffiti spray painted on the memorial.
As officers investigated they found similar graffiti on street signs and concrete barriers in the neighborhood.
There is no suspect information at this time, police said.
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler released a statement on Twitter after the graffiti was found, writing:
The damage to the Oregon Holocaust Memorial is heartbreaking, and it s particularly painful that it happened during Jewish American Heritage Month. I denounce hate crimes, anti-Semitism, and white supremacy.
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The Oregon Holocaust Memorial in Portland was vandalized over the weekend with Nazi swastikas and other antisemitic messages.
The Portland Police Department says it was notified about the graffiti spray-painted on the memorial early Sunday morning, with similar tags seen on street signs and concrete barriers in the neighborhood.
The vandalism reportedly included the numbers “1488,” a symbol popular among neo-Nazis and other white supremacists.
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No arrests have been made and there is no suspect information available at this time, Portland officials said in statement. The graffiti has since been removed by maintenance crews, according to The Oregonian.
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