Brooklyn,
NY –
NYPD hate crime investigators are looking into who sent letters filled with
swastikas and antisemitic, anti-black and anti-gay language to the Israeli
consulate and least seven businesses in Borough Park, Sheepshead Bay and
Harlem.
The letters,
which begin with President Donald Trump’s campaign slogan “Make America Great
Again” written underneath a large red, white and black swastika, were sent to
the Israeli consulate in Manhattan, as well as the Harlem Business Alliance, a
Harlem Starbucks and several Jewish-owned businesses in Brooklyn, according to
police.
The letter
targets Jews as well as black and gay people in four lines of text: Trump’s
slogan following by “Juden Raus” (a Nazi-era German phrase meaning “Jews out”),
“Negroes and f—-ts must burn in hell” and “Christian identity is back.”
In total,
eight locations received the letter between Sept. 29 and Oct. 2, the NYPD said
Wednesday. In Manhattan, recipients included the Israeli consulate on Second
Avenue and three Harlem locations: a jewelry store on East 116th Street,
Starbucks on West 145th Street and the Harlem Business Alliance on Lenox
Avenue.
