Fliers showing swastikas above the word “Uber” that were found in Williamsburg Monday night are being investigated as a hate crime, police said.
“Numerous” fliers were discovered on Bedford Avenue at Williamsburg Street — near where many Hasidic Jewish people live — at about 10 p.m., police said. The black-and-white fliers had the word “Uber” written in the same style as the logo of the Uber taxi share service.
Asked if the fliers were related to the taxi company, police said only that the incident was under investigation.
“Uber condemns this disgusting act of hatred and calls on the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force to aggressively investigate this despicable crime,” said Josh Mohrer, Uber’s New York general manager, in a statement.
The incident was first reported to the Williamsburg Shomrim (WSPU) who are assisting the NYPD in the investigation.
(Source: DNA Info)
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How come the NYPD are not investigating the Muslim parade in Manhattan last week were they had fake hangings and fake machine guns? you have intimidation inciting violence and they did absolutely nothing! shameful NYPD
eric55:
Good question. Speak to Mayor Sharpton. I guess they never found out who placed the Hamas flag hanging off the Manhattan bridge, either. Ferguson is more important.