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Shomrim Apprehend Youth for Racial Graffiti

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — Shomrim received a call earlier today, Sunday, alerting them to 2 Black youths spraying graffiti in an alleyway, a responding member spotted the two while still ‘tagging’ two garages, and called for backup and gave chase.

While fleeing one of the teens attempted to discard a can of spray paint, and was apprehended by a number of Shomrim members and a resident on Union Street between Albany and Troy Avenues. Shomrim member’s recovered the spray paint can, and found a second one in his possession.

More pictures in the Extended Article.

Police were called and placed the youth under arrest, then went back to the scene of the crime, the alleyway between Union and President Kingston to Albany, where Police and Shomrim found that the two sprayed graffiti on 5 garages. The messages they left weren’t understandable words, but one thing stood out was one line “F*** jews”. The crime was deemed a bias crime.

At the scene the second youth managed to get away, but good work on the police’s behalf led to the arrest of the second youth as well.

Shomrim thanked the responding police officers for the great work and their vigilance in apprehended and properly arresting the two.

In case of an emergency never hesitate to call 911 and Shomrim at (718) 774-3333 24/7

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12 Comments

  • LIVE WHAT YOU LEARN

    MAKE THEM SCRUB IT OFF AND THEN PAINT IT COMPLETELY OVER AND BUY THE PAINTS FROM THEIR OWN MONEY AND FINE THEM AS WELL.
    If you don’t, they and others like them that have no repect for anyone or anything, won’t get the message.

  • not necessary

    Look, this is NY & we hear this garbage all the time, but I would’ve taken your word for it. You didn’t have to put up a picture of the offending statements, we all got it from the article. It’s OK, you can take it down, I promise we all believe you.

  • Hold them all accountable

    Holding the police accountable to do their job is finally begining to pay off.

  • graffiti reward

    Whoever called it in should get the $500 award from the NYPD for catching someone writing graffiti.

  • Becky

    What happened to good ole censorship? Kids happen to navigate to this site. I don’t think they need a spelling lesson, especially from a garage door.

  • just wondering.....

    ….if the police actually look at this

    site so they can take “LIVE WHAT YOU

    LEARN”’s comment in2 consideration

  • IllituritVandel

    BS”D

    Please do not be so intolerant and judgmental.

    This is a legitimate form of social interaction through the expression of feelings of powerlessness and helplessness in the face of those who are perceived to be in a position of power and superiority simply by being fortunate enough to belong to the dominant and accepted culture. We must allow and encourage such displays and even pay for them with public funds…..

    by making sure that the only place these kids ever write racist graffiti again is on the walls of the prison exercise yard.

  • member of the crown heights commuinty

    job well done. nypd should stop harassing shomrim members and play politics.