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Police investigating hate crime after noose found in classroom at Aberdeen High School

Police investigating hate crime after noose found in classroom at Aberdeen High School


Police investigating hate crime after noose found in classroom at Aberdeen High School

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BALTIMORE — Police are investigating a hate crime at Aberdeen High School after a noose was found in a classroom Friday morning.  

A teacher discovered the hate crime after returning to their classroom. That’s where they founnd a piece of rope tied in the shape of a noose attached to their whiteboard, Aberdeen Police said. 

Three messages were also written on the whiteboard, seemingly from three different authors.

The teacher had been away from their classroom for a few days and found the rope when they returned to their workspace.

A statement was shared with families of students who attended Aberdeen High School in response to the incident.  

“We are appalled and deeply saddened that someone brought this noose into our building,” the

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NYC hate crime: Man arrested in connection with string of antisemitic acts across 2 neighborhoods Queens

NYC hate crime: Man arrested in connection with string of antisemitic acts across 2 neighborhoods Queens
NYC hate crime: Man arrested in connection with string of antisemitic acts across 2 neighborhoods Queens

Tuesday, March 28, 2023 12:14PM

Man arrested in connection with string of antisemitic acts in Queens

FOREST HILLS, Queens (WABC) — Police have arrested a man in connection with a string of antisemitic acts across Queens.

Officials say 34-year-old Antoine Blount drew antisemitic symbols in several locations across the borough.

Surveillance video showed Blount in multiple locations, scrawling symbols of hate in Forest Hills and Rego Park in the last week, outside apartment buildings like one on Queens Boulevard. Symbols had even been scrawled outside the 112th Precinct stationhouse and a synagogue.

These incidents comes as the Anti-Defamation League released a report on Thursday showing a 39% spike in antisemitic hate crimes in New York state in 2022, compared to 2021.

“It’s a new record for New York,” said Scott Richman, ADL New York/New Jersey Regional Director. “We’ve never seen so many incidents in the 43 years that we’ve been keeping track of such data.”

Antisemitic incidents in New York, already

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