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Fri Jun 19, 2020, 04:33 PM Jun 2020

(Jewish Group) 'Hitler Did Nothing Wrong' Graffiti Found on Oregon Bus Stop




Graffiti stating that ‘Hitler did nothing wrong’ was found on a bus stop shelter in Oregon on June 14.

The World Link reported that the words, in black spray-paint, were surrounded with multiple swastikas. The bus stop is in Coos Bay, a city northwestern Oregon.

Coos County Area Transit General Manager David Hope told the Link that a city employee had informed him about the graffiti on June 14 and that officials believe it was painted sometime during the afternoon of June 14. He added that he had seen similar graffiti in Florida, where he lived for 35 years.

“This happens frequently to bus stops and shelters and everything,” Hope said. “It can be graffiti, broken windows, all sorts of things that can happen to bus stop signs and shelters. So, not uncommon nationwide.”

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(Jewish Group) 'Hitler Did Nothing Wrong' Graffiti Found on Oregon Bus Stop (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Jun 2020 OP
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mahatmakanejeeves

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Fri Jun 19, 2020, 04:48 PM
Jun 2020
Coos Bay, a city northwestern Oregon.

Unh-uh. Coos Bay is in southwestern Oregon, hundreds of miles from Portland.

Coos Bay City Council speaks out against racism
Police department makes moves to address bias
CHERYL UPSHAW The World Jun 17, 2020

COOS BAY — The Coos Bay City Council decried racism at length during its regular meeting Tuesday evening.

The council committed to make the city safer following weeks of protests across the country, recent Nazi vandalism near Mingus Park and the incendiary remarks of representatives in nearby Gold Beach.

The actions the council said it would take include creating a proclamation denouncing racism in the city and undergoing training by both councilmembers and staff. Also discussed, though not formally committed to, was establishing June 19 as a day of remembrance and adjusting the planned memorial for Alonzo Tucker. Tucker's death is the only documented lynching of a black man in Oregon. He was killed in Coos Bay back when it was still Marshfield.

A committee was formed during the meeting to draft the proposed proclamation. Councilmembers Lucinda DiNovo, Carmen Matthews and Rob Miles were all given seats on the committee. The proclamation will be brought before the council at its next meeting, which will be held July 7.

Further, Coos Bay Police Chief Gary McCullough gave an update to the actions his department has taken to address issues of racism in local policing.

Additionally, councilmembers spoke at length both about their personal experiences with racism and in support of addressing the problem of racism in Coos Bay.

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