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Queens Swastika Graffiti Vandal Arrested
- Posted on November 12, 2011 at 5:27pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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A 40-year-old man was arrested Friday in connection to the anti-Semitic graffiti that was found spray-painted on property in Queens last weekend, including swastikas on two braches of the Queens Library and the door of a Queens synagogue.
NY1 reports that Franco Rodriguez was identified via video surveillance, and police say he made statements incriminating himself in four of the five incidents. Rodriguez was arraigned Saturday on hate crimes charges, and is being held on $5,000 bail.
The anti-Semitic graffiti ignited disgust and anger within the diverse Jackson Heights and Elmhurst communities. NY1 reports that students rallied Wednesday against the hateful messages:
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Comments (69)
Unix
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 9:43pmLOL, who would have thunk it a Latino? They are working overtime to overthrow the hated Americans, eh Latinos? Setting each side against the other eh…hmmmm.
Someone on the blaze said in the other story about the burnt cars that it is either a skin head or a black guy, definately not hispanic…hmmm, I wonder about that statement now…
hispanic NAZI? LOL..wow the world has gone totally upside down, or the lowlife is trying to start a race war…either way, shrug, it looks like that is what is going to happen anyway, that and this OWS class war thingy…great future for my kids to look forward to.
Report Post »disagreeableness
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 9:42pmI think he might be a Cuban Nazi…..poor fellows prolly suicidal
Report Post »Unix
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 9:47pmlol…!
Report Post »Tired of Code Names
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 9:05pmI happen to be just a common conservative Christian. This entire thread is missing the point. Where is it proper to have a point of view that vandalizes another persons property to make a point? The point of this whole article is the knucklehead who is so ideoligical that he thinks his actions justify his actions. OWS defined…..
Report Post »Bible Quotin' Science Fearin' Conservative American
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 2:07amSure. Just like the know nothing in the ben franklin costume with tea bags hanging all off of it is the Tea Party defined, right?
Report Post »AB5r
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 8:56pmIs he a Muslim convert?
Report Post »NOBAMA201258
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 1:25amProbably a muslim,but definitely a moron and a coward!
Report Post »fraternal311
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 8:27pmYa know…..Franco Rodriguez does not really sound like someone the commies claim as terrorist, ya know the white anglo saxon, every day joe that they say is ready to blow people away at the first hint of raising his taxes! Just sayin….
Report Post »the_truth_or_not
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 8:19pmAm I reading this right? A Mexican Nazi? Someone that thinks he is the supreme race that and also should dye a horrible death because he is not an Arian? I might have seen it all.
Report Post »Unix
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 9:46pmI swear I did not read your post, go read mine…it makes not a lick of sense…until I read the comment above about converting to islam…now there is an angle.
Report Post »Tri-ox
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 8:06pmAnother ‘obama 2012’ campaign worker arrested.
Report Post »spfoam1
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 7:44pmApparently the swastika translation from Spanish to English didn’t work. He only got it half right. Typical brain dead lefty. You know who this fool will vote for, even if he is an illegal. It gets scary when you think about them voting and reproducing in large numbers.
Report Post »phillipwgirard
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 7:59pmSo true, yet so humorous LOL
Report Post »Moe1138
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 8:01pmRemember…
Report Post »“Vote early and vote often”
barber2
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 10:46pmGosh.Think of the trouble they‘d have if this guy was expected to mark Obama’s name with an “x”…. another “stolen” election..( early version of “we are the 99%” )
Report Post »ares338
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 7:35pmI don’t like hate crime laws. Just by writing one thing on a wall you are 10 times more guilty than the other guy who wrote something different. You both defaced the wall but one is more guilty. Oh, I see now….this is social justice and that makes it ok. I get it, hate is wrong and graffiti is wrong but come on.
Report Post »1casawizard
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 7:54pmIf you paint something or paint over something, the crime should be the same. People don‘t have anything else better to do than express hate right now since they’re not working. These people are for the most part CITY people. They are catching the rub between each other because of the state that our country is in (they are pissed off!). WE have one year until hopefully WE can bust this imbiciles bubble who currently is OUR CIC. This person? in the WH has got to go. We can’t have four MORE years of this.
Report Post »Bruce_Almty
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 8:41pmHe could of at least thrown in some gay slurs.
Report Post »808blackGOP
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 8:58pmActually, he got the swastika wrong. Does that still make it a hate crime?
Report Post »green_manalishi
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 7:23pmIf I repeat myself, get over it. As I was saying, the heck with it Viva La Raza
Report Post »green_manalishi
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 7:18pmBeing a good conservative and a republican I admit when I am wrong. Isaid the perpetrator would i iether be black or white but would certainly not be hispanic. But I was correct on all the other counts. Viva LaRaza
Report Post »NOBAMA201258
Posted on November 13, 2011 at 1:33amF@#%$ la raza! Let’s round these cockroaches up before the infestation gets any worse! Where are our balls my fellow gringoes? These bloodsucking leeches are bleeding us dry!
Report Post »urethra franklin
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 7:00pmWatch what happens, spray painting a swastika will be defended as a form of “free speech” if this guy is linked to the OWS crowd……… Boy, can the libs turn things around!
Report Post »Canuck GB Fan
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 11:30pmLol @ your name! :D
Report Post »Pigpen
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 7:00pmActually, BARBER2, theBlaze fights with me constantly on Israel and censors many of my posts. BUT, to their credit, they NOW allow me to post as long as I don’t disparage any one individual or race, religion, or ethnicity.
And nice ad hominem attack, by the way, but I have been called a “pig” and my mother has been called a “pig” etc. HOWEVER, I will not back down on Israel. They have spied on the USA. Netanyahu STILL petitions for the release of the spy Jonathan Pollard. Israel has given medals to members of the terrorist Lehi Group and even elected one of the leaders as Prime Minister. Israel sunk and attempted to KILL all SURVIVORS of the USS Liberty in order to suppress intelligence that ship had collected on Israel’s actions during the Six-Day War, and certain wealthy persons in both New York City and Miami tastelessly refer to the USA as “Goshen”. Yes, I am a redneck, but I USE FACTS to form my OPINIONS. And I do NOT resort to ad hominem attacks when confronted with differing ideas. So take your hateful mouth back to HuffPo, BARBER2, because no one here on theBlaze who IS conservative is really brave enough or honest enough to THINK about the ideas I am trying to present. TheBlaze either censors them or I get yelled at by superstitious Christians who WON’T BELIEVE that only JESUS CHRIST can save Israel, and that HE has a plan for us Crackers and the USA just as much as he has a plan for the Jews and Israel. So no racists here, commie, just me. SO LEAVE GLEN
Report Post »RichNGadsden
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 6:36pmSince the American Nazi Party is backing OWS I thought that maybe they were acceptable now. Okay, just being sarcastic. On another note, these Hate Crime Laws still have me concerned. While I in no way support this guy, or his utterly ridiculous acts. It appears to me in a legal sense as nothing more than graffiti. And yes, for that he should be arrested, charged, and when found guilty he should be held accountable for the damages. Otherwise, this is the Thought Police in action. He has the right to be as big of dumbass as he wants. The idiots at OWS prove this on a daily basis. The 1st Amendment covers even offensive speech and expression. This is a slippery slope and when “they” begin to not like YOUR speech, they may come after you next. Oh yeah, they ought to kick the guy’s ass anyway.
Report Post »Tired of Code Names
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 7:42pmRichNGadsden
Report Post »Posted on November 12, 2011 at 6:36pm
Since the American Nazi Party is backing OWS I thought that maybe they were acceptable now. Okay, just being sarcastic. On another note, these Hate Crime Laws still have me concerned. While I in no way support this guy, or his utterly ridiculous acts. It appears to me in a legal sense as nothing more than graffiti. And yes, for that he should be arrested, charged, and when found guilty he should be held accountable for the damages. Otherwise, this is the Thought Police in action. He has the right to be as big of dumbass as he wants. The idiots at OWS prove this on a daily basis. The 1st Amendment covers even offensive speech and expression. This is a slippery slope and when “they” begin to not like YOUR speech, they may come after you next. Oh yeah, they ought to kick the guy’s ass anyway.
@richNgadson, you contradict yourself in the statement. You abhor the guy’s statement, you abhor his actions in destruction of private property, yet, you condone it as free speach. Free speach does not nor should require destruction of private property. Which side are you on? Can’t these folks find a way to be civilized and make their point without destructing things? Ask yourself that.
GBMBulletsSKNRD
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 6:34pmWTH, $5000 bail for a hate crime. Are we losing our minds. OK, OK post his bail and beat the crap out of him when he is released. I take that back do not do that your bail would be set at $5,000,000.
Talk about an upside down world.
Report Post »lodgerat
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 6:25pmIt seems like every nut case in the country is out stirring up chaos. About the post above concerning Eric Holder. I would fall over dead if he does anything. He”s totally useless. I’ve heard right from his own lips that he knows nothing. I believe him.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 6:30pmHis main mission seems to be to defend the rights of the Gitmo prisoners so that the United States will “look good” in the eyes of “the world.” He is a member of the Teleprompter Administration, after all
Report Post »PAWatcher
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 8:36pmIf this painter of slurs is illegal holder will defend him, if legal it’s a toss up.
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 6:16pmNext Time just paint Allah Akbar Every where. It means the same thing and you get a free pass because no one wants to offend you. Idiot NAZIS.
Report Post »steveh931
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 6:16pmNice to see a community sticking up for itself.
Report Post »DavidZion
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 6:06pmA. Dyslexic Nazi who hates Jews?
B. Idiot Nazi who too stupid to get the twisted cross symbol right?
C. Some new secret vampire symbol who only eat kosher?
You Decide
Report Post »phillipwgirard
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 6:11pmI vote, All of the above
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 6:11pmI was thinking the same thing. This is obviously someone who does not even know how to draw the swastika correctly. I was looking at it and I kept thinking that is not a swastika. Apparently, it is someone who is maybe trying to frame a group. I mean if you truly supported the Nazi party, the one thing you’d learn to draw first is the symbol. Just my take.
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 6:06pmThe dust from 1939 is still blowing forward.
Report Post »If it settles, it becomes dirt.
Never a clay to build upon. But a loose froth unable to hold. A smudgy reminder of it’s existence.
Thecoolhandluke
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 5:57pmIdiot can’t even spray paint an accurate swastika
Report Post »chips1
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 7:23pmNotice the name Rodriguez? This is just a Mexican custom and shouldn’t be viewed as doing anything wrong. Just look at Chicano Park under the Coronado Bridge in San Diego. When you see this sort of crap, your in a gang zone.
Report Post »Fight for America
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 5:56pmSorry – there shouldn’t be bail.
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 5:48pmCan we take up a collection to bail him out so the community can kick the crap out of him?
Report Post »phillipwgirard
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 6:14pmhere’s my 2 cents
Report Post »oriondma05
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 5:37pmI’m sure Eric Holder will be on top of this!
Report Post »AJAYW
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 6:17pmYea Holder will go after those that caught him for doing something wrong
Report Post »lodgerat
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 6:33pmWith the name Franco Rodriguez he’s probably an illegal and will walk away with a slap on the wrist. Who know he might even get some welfare or some other free assistance
Report Post »oriondma05
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 6:34pmI know, right now the DOJ and ACLU is bringing a case against the cops, the Jews for some offense against the guy, the owners of the building and Krylon.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 5:36pmThat is an S & Z… not the double S, or SS, of the Nazi!
Report Post »brickmoon
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 6:03pmPoor guy — just protesting to support the rights of dyslexic Nazis.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 6:27pmBRICK: A gem of a comment ! It’s hard to fight a war on words when your soldiers are dyslexic. Maybe this guy should have been put on the Pete and Repeat Chant Committee at the Obamaville Occupy instead !
Report Post »brickmoon
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 6:43pmThanks, Barber. Speaking of remedial learning for lefties, have you seen my RadicAlphabet?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgNIgY_rJIA
Report Post »barber2
Posted on November 12, 2011 at 10:30pmBRICK: Thanks! Agree and am impressed with your talent and vision. ( WE../we…LIKED…/liked…) Hope more get to see it !
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