Cops Search For Men Who Scrawled Swastika On Brooklyn Yeshiva

Park Slope NY

21 December, 2020

9:54 AM

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SOUTH SLOPE, BROOKLYN — Cops are searching for two men who drew a swastika on a Brooklyn yeshiva earlier this month in what the mayor has called a "vile act of anti-Semitism." The two men, one wearing a full ski mask, were caught on surveillance video spray-painting on Mesilas Bias Yaakov High School around 2:18 p.m. on Dec. 13, police said. The vandals drew the symbol along with the words "Ace" and "Rio" on the side of the 19th Street school before leaving on foot, police said. The NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating the incident. Despicable. This kind of hatred has no home in our city. To the Mesilas Bias Yaakov community: your city stands with you. We denounce this vile act of anti-Semitism with one voice. If you have any information on this, please contact @NYPDHateCrimes.https://t.co/FOD7gLHpAM— Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) December 20, 2020 Police described one of the men as standing approximately 5'10" tall and weighing 170 pounds, with a medium build. He was last seen wearing a blue jacket, blue jeans, black sneakers and a backpack. The second man stands approximately 5'10" tall, weighs 250 pounds and has a large build and a full beard, police said. He was last seen wearing a black balaclava face mask, a black shirt, a button down jacket, blue jeans, brown sneakers and carrying a satchel bag. Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, or on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.