Swastikas, hate speech found scrawled on Taunton, Massachusetts, synagogue, home

Police are investigating a hate crime in Taunton, Massachusetts, after a synagogue and a home were spray-painted with swastikas and other hateful messages.

A swastika was painted near the entrance to Congregation Agudath Achim, and more swastikas and antisemitic, racist and homophobic slurs were found on the rear of the building.

“This person was an equal-opportunity hater,” Rabbi Colman Reaboi said.

Last Friday, the synagogue’s surveillance cameras caught images of a person wearing a mask and carrying a spray-paint can as they walked up the front steps. Reaboi discovered the damage the next day.

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