Baltimore City Police investigating swastikas found in Jewish neighborhood

Investigators with the Baltimore City Police Department along with the local FBI office are investigating swastikas found in the 5900 block of Cross Country Boulevard.

FIGHTING AGAINST HATE AFTERTWO SWASTIKAS WERE FOUND INTHE NEIGHBORHOOD.

ONE ON AHOME━ THE OTHER ON ACOMMUNITY BENCH ALONG CROSSCOUNTRY BOULEVARD.

THATWHERE WE FIND WMAR 2 NEWSDAVE DETLING.The community says itto SEE a Powerful message ofhate in such a beautifulplace.

You can see theswastika has been covered bythis symbol and a messagesaying love not hate.

Itbeen here since Thursday andthe community wants itremoved.

ITLOVE COVERING HATE.

BENEATHTHIS MAKESHIFT SIGN IS ASWASTIKA.

THE SHODDY BACKWARDSSYMBOL OF HATE WAS DISCOVEREDBY NEIGHBORS IN THISPREDOMINATELY JEWISHNEIGHBORHOOD ALONG CROSSCOUNTRY BOULEVARD NEAR KEYAVENUE THURSDAY PEOPLE WEREMADE AWARE IN A NEIGHBORHOODGROUP CHATCOHEN.

MARTIN COHEN/ NEIGHOR Ididnin danger.

I sought as this issome personsomething wrong somethingwrong in their heart what canI do.

What can I do so that itdoesnPOSITIVE APPROACH MATCHES THEMESSAGE ECHOED BY THE JEWISHCOMMUNITYTHOSE WHO KNOW THE HISTORYTHOSE WHO KNOW THE HISTORYTSBEHIND THE SYMBOLPRHIND THE SYMBOLPREIND THE SYMBOLPRESED THE SYMBOLPRESENCTHE SYMBOLPRESENCE E SYMBOLPRESENCE INSYMBOLPRESENCE IN TMBOLPRESENCE IN THEOLPRESENCE IN THE NPRESENCE IN THE NEIPRESENCE IN THE NEIGHPRESENCE IN THE NEIGHBOPRESENCE IN THE NEIGHBORHPRESENCE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOPRESENCE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODIS HEARTBREAKING.

JUDITHLEVITAN CAN SEE THE TAGGEDBENCH FROM HER DAYCARE ACROSSTHE STREET.

JUDITH LEVITAN/NEIGHBORHOOD DAYCARE OWNER: Iknow my father as a youngchild, when he was four orfive he was told stories thathis uncle was woken up in themiddle of the night and said,if you dongonna die here.

Do you want tocome and half of his familyleft and half of his familystayed and died and itcord that it strikes//(COVERWITH SWASTIKA) I understandthat itit takes to make aswastika//one person made avery bad mistake.

WHETHER AMISTAKE OR AN INTENTIONALACTION BALTIMORE CITY POLICEARE INVESTIGATING ALONG WITHANOTHER SWASTIKA FOUND ON ANEARBY BASEMENT DOOR.NEIGHBORS TELLS WMAR 2 NEWSTHEY WONT STAND FOR IGNORANCEOR HATE AND THEY WANT CITYCREWS TO REMOVE THEANTISEMITIC SYMBOL.

JUDITHLEVITAN/ NEIGHBORHOOD DAYCAREOWNER: I do hope that the citytakes this seriously.

Itdefinitely been there for atleast 48 hours.

JUDITHLANDMAN/ NEIGHBORHOODRESIDENT: We have severalneighbors who are alsoHolocaust survivors.//Hate isnot okay//I hope that somebodycomes and cleans it up soon.And itThere is no video surveillancein the area but multipleagencies are investigating,including the local office ofthe FBI.

If you have anyinformation about this crimeyou are urged to call police.In Lower Park Heights, DaveDetling, WMAR 2 News.A cold front across southernWest Virginia into NorthCarolina will attempt to li