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Police reports and broadcasts describe a wave of anti-Semitic vandalism and threats, with several surprising reversals and hoaxes emerging over time.
In New Orleans area coverage, police say 54-year-old Andrew King spray painted swastikas on his own Chillswell Street home, and the student who appeared to be the victim admitted, through interviews conducted with hidden cameras and increased patrols, that she was responsible for the incident. Authorities indicated Haddad, a person associated with a separate case, is the prime suspect in a rash of swastika incidents in a nearby area, and police sources say he is Jewish. Separately, Israeli police arrested a 19-year-old Israeli Jewish man as the primary suspect in hundreds of bomb threats against Jewish community centers in the United States.
Elsewhere, a Winnipeg cafe owner—described as Jewish—faced allegations of anti-Semitic vandalism and threats after a video or report suggested that her family’s business had been battered and daubed with hate graffiti. Community members were shocked and offered support, but authorities later stated the cafe owners had staged the incident and were charged with a crime. The reporting emphasizes that signs of hate reappeared in Brooklyn, with swastikas found on houses and a chilling call reported to someone in the area describing a message that All Jews are going to die—all Jews must die one by one.
Further, a sequence of threats was reportedly the work of a Jewish man who had a business dispute with family members; the exchange included denials that the vandalism was staged by the victims themselves, and mention that “We didn’t. We didn’t.” The family asserted they were victims of hate. Oksana Barron and her son Max Ham spoke on CBC Radio after being charged along with Oksana’s husband for public misjudgment or prejudice, insisting their actions contradicted their religious laws. They argued, “It’s against our Jewish law” and emphasized they do not joke about smiles and were not “woke.”
A notable development centers on George Washington University, where a student initially believed to be the victim of vandalism was later identified as the person who painted the swastikas herself. The narrative shifted to indicate that “In the end, we found evidence of a crime. It just wasn’t a hate crime.” Media coverage notes the broader pattern of anti-Semitic threats and vandalism, including the claim that a Jewish man was arrested in connection with a spree of anti-Semitic vandalism, described as “strange but true.”
Finally, reporters discuss the broader social context: “The Holocaust was just seventy years ago,” and voices recount personal memory and the historical danger of white supremacist violence, including references to Auschwitz and the gas chamber, underscoring the seriousness of hate crimes in the community.