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A Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn saw swastikas etched into multiple spots on newly poured concrete, said NY State Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) who contacted the police regarding the incident. The perpetrator was caught on private video surveillance cameras sneaking past a taped-off area of wet cement and painstakingly drawing swastika after swastika into numerous sidewalk flags in front of 242 Newkirk Avenue.

�What has happened to society that people take any pleasure in spreading hate?� asked Assemblyman Hikind. �Imagine the reaction of Holocaust survivors and their descendants who live in this community when they come across these symbols of hate? This was a purposeful determination to hurt people. But the surprise will be on the vandal who brought this hate crime to this neighborhood. He was caught clearly on video.�

Assemblyman Hikind immediately contacted the NYPD�s 70th precinct and shared the videos that had been provided to his office. �Our community supports and works with the police,� said Hikind. �I have great confidence that the perpetrator of this hate crime will be caught.�

Disgusting #hatecrime multiple swastikas in Brooklyn. Sad that a sick person would spend so much time hurting others https://t.co/LGzf3l5Y0z pic.twitter.com/J0iEVeDpvO

� Dov Hikind (@HikindDov) July 10, 2017

Photo: Assemblyman Hikind with Deputy Inspector James R. Palumbo, Commanding Officer.

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