Lakewood police confirmed to Scene that they were contacted and that officers were sent to the residence to investigate. (We’re awaiting a copy of the report.) Also, the Lakewood Building and Housing Department has been notified; it falls to that office to remove graffiti.
The social climate, of course, is especially attuned to Nazi iconography these days, as the country grapples with the tragic events in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend. Swastikas have never completely faded from the racist subculture of the U.S., and they appear now and then here in Northeast Ohio.
State Rep. (and Lakewood resident) Nickie Antonio offered a message on the matter this morning:
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Well this doesn’t bode well considering I saw a Confederate flag hanging in my neighbors backyard across the street from me.
I guess it’s too much to hope that there’s a local Buddhist around advertising vegetarian chow…
Nope. Definitely the bad guys.
So there’s no hidden message or statement here, right? I mean, they’re backwards just because anyone who thinks it cool or funny to do this it literately just too dumb to know how to draw a simple symmetric stick figure/symbol. I assume that’s it…..or maybe the Buddhist thing that Ria’s talking about.