UMass police investigating antisemitic graffiti incident

UMass police investigating antisemitic graffiti incident

Police at the University of Massachusetts at Boston are investigating a series of antisemitic graffiti incidents on the school's campus.

School officials discovered the graffiti last week and were quick to condemn it. Police are investigating the incident as a hate crime, but have yet to announce suspects.

"Monday evening, we were made aware that bathrooms in several buildings on our campus had been defaced with hateful and vile antisemitic graffiti. Immediately, along with other campus leaders and law enforcement officials, we inspected the sites of the vandalism," UMass chancellor Marcelo Suárez-Orozco wrote in a letter to the campus. "There can be no equivocation on what this is: a hate crime that strikes at the heart of who we are. And we should all be outraged that this reprehensible, cowardly behavior has infiltrated the UMass Boston community."

"We ask that you join us in condemning this cruel and misguided attempt to divide the UMass Boston community. We are much, much better than this," he added.