Vandals Smash Menorah, Damage Jewish Chapel (California)

NBC4 ^ | August 6, 2006

[West Coast Conservative]

Vandalism at a Jewish chapel in a Sylmar cemetery is being investigated as a hate crime, a sheriff's sergeant said.

A groundskeeper contacted authorities at about 9 a.m. Saturday after discovering the vandalism at Glen Haven Memorial Park and Mortuary at 13017 Lopez Canyon Road in Sylmar, said Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Don Bee.

A menorah in the chapel of the Sholom Memorial Park section of the cemetery was smashed, pews were knocked over, and several caskets were pulled from a storage area and vandalized.

A casket containing a body was not disturbed, police said.

The vandals also emptied several fire extinguishers into the chapel.

Graffiti was scrawled on the sidewalk and curb outside the Christian area of the cemetery, and empty beer bottles and fire extinguishers were left there, Bee said.

The incident is being investigated as a hate crime because the vandals did not damage the Christian chapel, Bee said.

[sinanju]

Welcome to gay paree.

[prairiebreeze]

Sad commentary on how certain people in society are.

What they either don't realize or don't care, is that God was watching.

[Vigilanteman]

The incident is being investigated as a hate crime because the vandals did not damage the Christian chapel . . .

Weird statement . . . implying that somehow it would have been less of a crime if they had damaged the Christian chapel, too.

Could we haul in the ACLU for hate crimes, too since they are enablers of these low-lifers?

[Darkwolf377]

Another Not Hatecrime.

[popdonnelly]

Morons. I hope they get caught.

[NativeNewYorker]

Not exactly a residential neighborhood. They had to make a special effort to get to the scene to do the damage. This was premeditated, and not a random, drunken, act.

[SJackson]

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Busy this week

Scotland: Jewish community shocked by vandalism at synagogue

Sydney, Parramatta Synagogue: Sydney synagogue rocked by attack

Sydney, Mizrachi Synagogue: Vandals attempted to set a synagogue in Sydney, Australia, on fire

New Zealand: Envoy blames politicians for synagogue attack

St Louis: Vandalism At Local Synagogue Follows Fighting In Lebanon

Norway: Synagogue vandalized

Florida: Two Synagogues Vandalized In North Miami Beach

California: Five men arrested outside synagogue

Russia: Tomsk Synagogue Vandalized

California: Reward Offered For Info About Temple Vandalism

[garbageseeker]

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[Frank_2001]

Get with the program, citizen-crimes against white people or Christians cannot possibly be hate crimes!/s

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Vandals Smash Menorah, Damage Jewish Chapel (California)

In other words, then: just another traditional Democratic caucus.

[Captain Rhino]

I think the rationale is that had the vandals damaged the Jewish chapel AND the Christian chapel, they would have demonstrated how broadminded and nondiscriminatory they are in their anti-religious destructive zeal...for which the PC crowd would have awarded them a gold star and a TCP-laced brownie.

[Spirited]

Anti-white is not a crime, no matter if all those protected by laws enacted by whites commit them.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Bring back lashing.

[Rosemont]

Another isolated incident. Nothing to see here. Better protect the Mosques.

[familyop]

But the issue here is the Christian chapel that was not vandalized, don't you know. Maybe the vandals were victims of the disease of alcoholism and shouldn't be criticized--especially if they declare that they are not bigots or antisemites. [Little irony and sarcasm there.]

[Carry_Okie]

The incident is being investigated as a hate crime because the vandals did not damage the Christian chapel, Bee said.

Sgt. Bee thinks Christians commit hate crimes but Muslims do not? Or did it occur to him that rabid anti-war anti-Semitic leftists have clearly indicated their potential culpability?

[Carry_Okie]

Re your list; As facilities coordinator for our congregation, we have begun discussing just what security measures we need to take. Unfortunately, my observation is that most of the leadership is in denial.

[M. Espinola]

Islamic fanatics and neo-Nazis are on a rampage against Jewish 'targets' worldwide.

[familyop]

Vigilanteman wrote:
"Weird statement . . . implying that somehow it would have been less of a crime if they had damaged the Christian chapel, too."

Darkwolf377 wrote:
"Another Not Hatecrime."

Frank_2001 wrote:
"Get with the program, citizen-crimes against white people or Christians cannot possibly be hate crimes!/s"

Spirited wrote:
"Anti-white is not a crime, no matter if all those protected by laws enacted by whites commit them."

Those two myths are often circulated at sites like Stormfront and Christian Party, then propagated to other sites, often as off-topic comments. I'm not accusing you all of knowingly doing the same, and I agree that hate crimes laws are redundant and unneeded. But that kind of propaganda doesn't help our conservative cause.

I'll be digging through history for origins of those myths and recording entries. Here's some of the evidence for my argument.

Holy Cross vandalism a hate crime, police say
Posted by Coleus
On News/Activism 06/07/2006 2:03:53 PM PDT · 8 replies · 280+ views
Santa Cruz Sentinel ^ | 06.07.06 | Jennifer Squires
"Police are investigating the vandalism as a hate crime, said police spokesman Zach Friend."

Another church vandalized; 3 teenage girls charged
The Herald
By Monica Pryts
Herald Staff Writer
July 27, 2006
"...and a hate crime that happened between July 15 and 16 at In Spirit and In Truth Fellowship Church, 410 Kinsman Road."

Jury Convicts Man Who Killed Woman Because She Was White (Hate Crime)
WFSB Hartford ^ | July 12, 2006 | AP
Posted on 07/12/2006 6:05:06 AM PDT by LurkedLongEnough
"A homeless convicted rapist who told police he stabbed a woman to death because she was white was convicted Tuesday of murder as a hate crime."

Beaten because he's white?
"Cops: Beverly attack probed as hate crime after teen calls victim 'goofy white kid'"
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Daily Southtown
By Courtney Greve
Staff writer