Crime & Safety
Swastika Found Scrawled Outside Rego Park Jewish Center
Police are investigating after a swastika was discovered Wednesday afternoon outside the Rego Park Jewish Center on Queens Boulevard.
REGO PARK, QUEENS — Police are investigating after a drawing of a swastika was discovered Wednesday outside the Rego Park Jewish Center.
Someone scrawled the swastika on a "public property" sign affixed to the steps leading up to the synagogue at 97-30 Queens Blvd., according to police and the volunteer group Queens Shmira.
NYPD Captain Joseph E. Cappelmann, the commanding officer of the 112th Precinct, called it an “absolutely disgusting, cowardly act."
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"There’s no place for that in our society," he said during a community council meeting Wednesday night.
Cappelmann said the NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force has been notified.
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Today our Dispatcher received a hotline call from a community member In regards to a swastika written on a synagogue in Forest Hills. Thanks @NYPD112Pct for the quick response investigating this heinous act of hate. #StopTheHate @NYPDHateCrimes pic.twitter.com/x74r3EpmzP
— Queens Shmira (@QBSPshmira) February 18, 2021
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