A car belonging to a recent Ohio State University (OSU) graduate was vandalized on July 22 with swastikas and other anti-Semitic graffiti.
Cleveland Jewish News (CJN) reported the car, a 2016 Mazda CX5, had the swastikas scratched on the outside of the vehicle, as were the words “I love Nazi” and “Nazi b—h.’
A Jewish student had her car vandalized this morning at @OhioState … #swastikas and “nazi bi*ch” were keyed into her car.
A police report was filed with Columbus PD. pic.twitter.com/z4YZ0g5JaJ
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) July 23, 2020
The car belonged to Christie Cannon, who recently graduated from OSU, according to CJN. It’s not clear when the vandalism happened, but neighbors say they heard car alarms go off around 4 a.m. on July 22.
Police are investigating the matter.
On July 1, swastikas were found on an OSU mural dedicated to George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery. Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Cleveland and OSU’s Hillel issued a joint statement at the time stating, “This is the fourth time in six weeks that the Ohio University ‘free speech zone’ has been defaced with racist, anti-Semitic graffiti. We are appalled and saddened that this continues to happen. It would be despicable on its own to have swastikas and an SS symbol spray painted in the area, but the fact that these hateful symbols were drawn over images of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery is sickening. This is a time for us to unite in a fight for justice and equality and we will not let hate and division stop us.”
