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Updated 44 mins ago Bates students support Palestinians, denounce college Bates College student government and others decry decision to call police over anti-Israel graffiti as a censure of student voices. Share LEWISTON The student government at Bates College joined 14 other student organizations to denounce the college’s decision this week to ask police to investigate some anti-Israel graffiti. Getting the police involved, their joint statement said, was “a censure of student voices” that “makes students feel unsafe and oppressed on our campus.” “We fear for our communities of color, specifically brown, Arab, Middle Eastern and Muslim students, that will most likely be the targets of this investigation,” said the statement, which also included a call to “free Palestine.” ....
May 14, 2021 The Lewiston Police Department (LPD) has referred graffiti written in chalk on the campus of Bates College to the Maine attorney general, who is investigating the case as a possible hate crime. The Bates Leftist Coalition (BLC) shared pictures of the graffitied phrases, “Free Palestine,” “Stop Ethnic Cleansing,” “Israel is killing innocent people” and “[expletive] Zionist Israel.” According to the Associated Press, Gwen Lexow, Bates’ director of Title IX and civil rights compliance, wrote in an email to students that said she heard members of the Bates community “expressing deep concern about the impact of the language contained in the flyers and graffiti, particularly on Jewish members of our campus community.” ....
Anti-Israel Graffiti Found on College Campus Not a Hate Crime, AG Says On 5/14/21 at 3:06 PM EDT Earlier this month, after anti-Israel graffiti was found on a Maine college campus, an upset, anonymous party contacted college administrators, calling the incident a hate crime. But the state attorney general s office, after completing its review, decided late last week that the incident didn t qualify as a hate crime. The graffiti was found on May 9 at Bates College, a liberal arts college in Lewiston, Maine. The graffiti, which was reportedly done with chalk, consisted of phrases such as Stop ethnic cleansing, Free Palestine and Israel is killing innocent people, according to pictures in a student organization s Instagram post. ....
Attorney general considers anti-Israel graffiti at Maine college as possible hate crime Attorney general considers anti-Israel graffiti at Maine college as possible hate crime Bates Leftist Coalitions said it has “no knowledge of the circumstances by which this act occurred.” The Instagram account of the school’s Bates Leftist Coalition (BLC) shared photos of chalk graffiti on the college’s campus that targeted Israel. Source: Screenshot. Spread the word. (May 13, 2021 / JNS) Anti-Israel graffiti discovered at Bates College in Maine on Sunday has been referred to the attorney general’s office to be investigated as a possible hate crime. The Instagram account of the school’s Bates Leftist Coalition shared photos of chalk graffiti on campus that targeted the Jewish state. The graffiti read “Stop ethnic cleansing,” “Israel is killing innocent people,” “Free Palestine,” and “F ZIONIST ISRAEL.” ....