The Washington Metropolitan Police Department and Amtrak Police announced Saturday the arrest of a man for allegedly spray-painting swastikas on columns at Union Station and for defacing three other buildings
Police say the vandalism occurred Friday, a day after International Holocaust Remembrance Day.A swastika is seen painted on a column outside Union Station in Washington, DC, on January 28, 2022.For the graffiti at Union Station, police charged the 34-year-old with Display of Certain Emblems. They charged him with Defacing Private/Public Property for the incidents at the three other buildings.
"In the statement Saturday, MPD noted the incident at Union Station is being investigated"as potentially being motivated in whole or in part by hate or bias," adding"a designation as a hate or bias-motivated crime by MPD does not mean that prosecutors will prosecute it as a hate crime."Swastikas are seen painted outside Union Station in Washington, DC, on January 28, 2022.
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