Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Police have charged a 40-year-old Hispanic with defacing a Queens synagogue with swastikas

Franco Rodriguez has admitted etching the swastikas saying that Jewish people were harassing him. He faces up to five years in prison for committing a hate crime with graffiti. The Queens rabbi whose synagogue was defaced says that he fears Rodriguez may not have acted alone — and other Jewish New Yorkers said that they believe there is an increase in hate crimes.

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