Defacing a graffiti mural of Socialist Bernie Sanders with graffiti? Hate Crime.

The vandalism of a mural of Bernie Sanders in Washington DC that was defaced with a picture of Pepe the Frog is being investigated as a hate crime, police have said.





D.C. police confirmed their investigation into the vandalism of the mural in the Navy Yard area.

They said that it was not clear exactly when the mural was defaced, with a police report listing December 15, 2020 to January 14, 2021 as a possible time period.

Police were called to investigate the vandalism on Sunday by one of the artists, who felt 'that the defacement may be motivated by hate or bias of political or religious affiliation', according to a report in Fox 5.

'The appropriation of that symbol somehow became an expression of power by the individuals that were doing it and then it spread over the internet and different chat rooms and 8chan and Reddit and some of the places where 'Alt-Right' and white supremacists folks find each other and share ideas and share strategies,' Ezickson said.
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