Authorities are investigating a possible hate crime after dozens of graves were vandalized at a Jewish cemetery in Fall River, Massachusetts.
“There are many Jewish immigrants who came to this country decades ago, even centuries ago, buried there," an Anti-Defamation league official in New England said.
Police found more than 20 gravestones defaced at the Hebrew Cemetery with swastikas and other anti-Semitic graffiti on Sunday. "Desecration of a religious or holy place, it's just something that’s not acceptable," Fall River resident Lewis Brooks told NBC Boston after finding several of his relative’s graves vandalized.that the crime is “an inexcusable act of anti-Semitic hatred where we honor & remember the lives of community members.”
“It’s scary because - we know - history has taught us what happens when hate goes unchecked. So, we have a responsibility now to stand up and put a stop to it," Trestan added.
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