Calgary police look to surveillance tape in anti-Semitism case

[Behind the Aegis]

Graffiti that dotted the city over weekend could be treated as hate crime

Freshly obtained video surveillance will be the key to solving what could be prosecuted as a hate crime in connection with disturbing anti-Semitic graffiti that dotted Calgary over the weekend, police said Monday.

Swastikas and slogans including “kill Jews” and “6 million more” were spray-painted on a Holocaust War Memorial, the Calgary Jewish Centre and mailboxes, signs and fences in the southwest neighbourhoods of Pump Hill and Woodbine overnight Saturday.

“This is upsetting. It's insulting to our community,” Inspector Richard Hinse said. “This is simply not acceptable in this community or any of the other communities that make up Calgary.”

Police plan to release the footage, which was obtained from an area business, to the public to help identify the culprit. But there could be more than one suspect, investigators said.

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[Forkboy]

1. Sad stuff.

It's either people who truly feel this way, which sucks, or it's kids looking to piss adults off, in which case I hope someone gives them a long lesson on the Holocaust.