Vandalism, break-in reported at UNC building

The Campus Y at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was vandalized this week.
Posted 1/26/2021, 10:13:49 AM

AT 12:30, THE PRESS SECRETARY

WILL BE JOINED BY SUSAN RICE.>>>

DEVELOPING NEWS IN CHAPEL HILL,

POLICE KNOW WHO BROKE INTO THE

YMCA AND LEFT RACIALLY CHARGED

MESSAGES.

>> Reporter: UNIVERSITY

OFFICIALS ARE TELLING STUDENTS,

AND STAFF IN THIS AREA, IF

THEY'RE COMING TO THE YMCA

DEFINITELY BE CAUTIOUS AFTER

THIS BREAK-IN OVER THE WEEKEND.

THE CAMPUS SAID THE VANDALISM

SUGGESTED THREATS TO SAFETY,

WITH HATEFUL MESSAGES TO WOMEN,

THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE

OF COLOR.

THE UNIVERSITY SAYS OFFICES

WERE DEFACED AND I WANT TO SHOW

YOU THE LATEST PEER THEIR ANTI-

SEMITIC SYMBOLS FOUND AND A

RACIAL SLUR ON A WHITEBOARD.

POLICE HAVE WARRANTS FOR AN

ARREST WITH A HAVEN'T

IDENTIFIED A SUSPECT YET BUT

ONE OF THEM WAS IDENTIFIED BY

NAME.

HATEFUL SPEECH IS NOT

TOLERATED, THEY SAY.

THERE IS A SIGN, IN RESPONSE TO

WHAT HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND.

THE CAMPUS WHY, THIS SAFE SPACE,

HAS A LONG HISTORY OF PROMOTING

SOCIAL JUSTICE ON CAMPUS.

THIS COFFEE SHOP, HAS SHUT DOWN

IN RESPONSE TO WHAT HAPPENED

OVER AN ABUNDANCE OF SAFETY

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