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BIAS CRIME: Red Paint, Anti-Palestinian Messages Deface Sign At NJ Starbucks BIAS CRIME: Red Paint, Anti-Palestinian Messages Deface Sign At NJ Starbucks
Bias Crime: Red Paint, Anti-Palestinian Messages Deface Sign At NJ Starbucks Authorities were searching for whoever defaced a sign at a Starbucks in Glen Rock overnight with red paint, graffiti and stickers with hateful messages against Israel. The manager of the shop in the borough's central business district called police shortly after 8 a.m. Monday, Feb. 19, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. In addition to the paint, stickers were attached, one of which read: "FROM THE U.S. TO PALESTINE ABOLISH THE SETTLER STATE." "it is believed that the act occurred in the early morning hours prior to the opening of the store," the chief said. Ackermann said his department is…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Man Attacks Couple Trying To Stop Vandalism Of Pro-Israel Sign: Police NJ Man Attacks Couple Trying To Stop Vandalism Of Pro-Israel Sign: Police
NJ Man Attacks Couple Trying To Stop Vandalism Of Pro-Israel Sign: Police A 23-year-old Englewood man assaulted a man and hit a woman who tried to stop him from vandalizing a pro-Israel sign on a Leonia street, authorities charged. The couple was headed across the Edgewood Road bridge over Route 95 shortly before 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 20, when they saw Keon Jordan Davis Williams damaging the sign, Leonia Police Chief Scott Tamagny said. They pulled over and exchanged words with him, the chief said. Davis-Williams then “knocked the driver’s cellphone out of his hand, damaging the cellphone, then assaulted the driver and struck the passenger when she attempted…

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by Jerry DeMarco