Summit Family Responds To Swastika Graffiti Through Spokesman
Residents found a swastika drawn on their detached garage Tuesday. While family wishes to remain anonymous, Rev. Fletcher Harper, a family member, speaks on their behalf.
A Summit resident found a swastika on the side of his Passaic Avenue detached garage on Dec. 16, an incident that is still being investigated as an act of graffiti and criminal mischief by Summit Police. The swastika measured about 1 ½ feet by 1 ½ feet, and was drawn in thin black lines on the rear of the detached garage, facing the resident’s property, meaning the person who drew the swastika was on the resident’s actual property, Summit Police Sgt. Peter Frank told Patch on Dec. 18. The family who resides at this residence wishes to remain anonymous. But Rev. Fletcher Harper, a member of this family, is serving as their spokesman. “It’s a combination of both heartbreaking and absolutely appalling. Someone put up a swastika on a wall less…
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10:29 pm on Thursday, January 10, 2013
I am absolutely flabbergasted that this has not been taken up by government officials! I live in NYC and and sure that Mayor Bloomberg would not have taken this lightly. Where is the Summit Mayor? Could she be that busy that she has no time for take on an egregious hate crime that can affect way more people than this family? And what is this teaching the children? It's ok to walk on someone's … more ›