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10/08/2008: "3 arrested after anti-Semitic messages found in Pikesville"

Two men and a boy were arrested today after anti-Semitic spray-painted messages were discovered on the exterior signs of two Jewish institutions in Pikesville over the weekend, Baltimore County police said.

One of the men is a member of Baltimore Hebrew Congregation in the 5500 block of Slade Ave,. where the word Nazi and a swastika were spray-painted on signs, said Cpl. Michael Hill, a police spokesman. Signs at Beth Tfiloh Community School in the 3300 block of Old Court Road were similarly defaced.

The incidents are not being treated as hate crimes, Hill said, but he would not discuss a motive for the vandalism. Police are withholding the identities of the men until they are charged, he said. They could face misdemeanor charges of destruction of property and damaging property of a religious entity, Hill said.

[ Why would Jews stage false attacks, or lie about anti-Jewish attacks? Simple explanation is that the sense of persecution is useful for ethnic cohesion. It also helps create shame and contrition amongst those who feel their people may have been so horrid to Jews. And that can be milked. If everyone fully embraced ethnic loyalty none of this would be an issue and everyone could be happy. ]

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/baltimore_county/bal-vandalism1007,0,255613.story