Police on Long Island say mosque vandalism is hate crime
23 September 2012
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Police on Long Island say mosque vandalism is hate crime
A message of hate was spray-painted on a Suffolk County mosque and now police are searching for the vandals.
The angry words on the Bay Shore mosque threatened a rising war. It’s believed that someone came over the fence and vandalized the building, police said.
The imam at Masjid Darul Quran Mosque showed CBS 2′s Lou Young the now white-washed spots where the messages were found. A pair of spray-painted statements that were written apparently referred to the overseas violence against U.S. embassies and consulates by Muslim extremists. They appeared along with an ominous reference to rising war, but the messages were directed against neighbors worshiping peacefully.
Police called it a hate crime. “This is an attack on the community here in Suffolk County. It tears at the fabric of our community,” said Suffolk County Police Lt. Stephen Hernandez
There is always going to be blowback when groups of people who identify themselves as members of an organization race out to kill and burn with impunity. At least this angry person did not kill anyone.
25 September 2012 at 9:13 am