Day Takes Swipe at Swastikas Painted on Trees
-
- November
- 24
Residents of South Mountain Road in New City found two swastikas painted on two trees in their neighborhood on Saturday. Clarkstown police continued investigating.
Legislator Ed Day, R-New City, who represents the areas, today issued a news release.
“This pointless act of vandalism was obviously committed by cowards in the cloak of night,” Day said. “This hurtful act contradicts the spirit and cohesive atmosphere of our community. It reflects ignorance and immaturity on the part of the perpetrators.”
Day has requested the support of his legislative colleagues to formally condemn this act of vandalism.
“It was just two weeks ago where I and a number of fellow elected officials joined our neighbors on the Rockland County Courthouse steps to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht, also known as the “night of broken glass.” I said then it is the people’s rightful expectations that elected officials immediately and vociferously decry incidents of hate so as to ensure that the seeds of oppression never have the opportunity to again take root as it did in pre-war Germany.”
###
This entry was posted
on Monday, November 24th, 2008 at 4:16 pm by Steve Lieberman. 
Print
| 
Email
This despicable incident was, in my opinion, most likely perpetrated by heinous members of the Hasidic Community trying to gain sympathy and support for their many horrible development projects under way which are destroying our Town of Ramapo and Rockland County. This sympathy might enable them to gain support from unwitting members of our community so they can continue to abuse our generous Government programs for the disadvantaged. Kristallnacht occurred many years ago and should not not ever be forgotten, but enough is enough. Why is it that arsons in their communities are not fully investigated and continue to occur seeming without oversight. Where is the FBI in these arson investigations. They should be brought in to help local law enforcement to arrest these criminals, whoever they may be. let’s have an open mind and think outside the box for once.