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TexasTowelie

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Sat Jul 22, 2017, 10:25 PM Jul 2017

Police investigating 'hate speech' graffiti at Burlington's Fletcher Free Library

BURLINGTON — City officials say they discovered racist and anti-semitic graffiti, involving a swastika and epithet, in the bathroom at the Fletcher Free Library.

The graffiti has since been painted over and library staff are working with the Burlington Police Department on the police investigation into the graffiti, according to a news release.

“As library director at the Fletcher Free, I want to reassure our community that such acts will not be tolerated here, as they are not tolerated anywhere in Burlington,” said Mary Danko, library director, in a prepared statement.

“Our support of free speech does not translate into tolerance for hate speech,” she added.

Read more: https://vtdigger.org/2017/07/21/police-investigating-hate-speech-graffiti-burlingtons-fletcher-free-library/

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Police investigating 'hate speech' graffiti at Burlington's Fletcher Free Library (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2017 OP
Could they rename it First Amendment morons? Throck Jul 2017 #1
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