Swastika painted on Rockville high school

Police investigating case at Richard Montgomery as hate crime

From Bethesda Beat, Reporter Caitlynn Peetz. Full story here.

A swastika was spray-painted on the side of Richard Montgomery High School and authorities are considering the case a hate crime.

In a letter to parents and students, Principal Intern Kiera Butler said the bright orange swastika was found over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend and has been removed.

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According to a county police report, 31 of Montgomery County’s 112 – or about one-fourth – reports of bias incidents in 2017 occurred at schools and generally involved vandalism. The majority of reports included anti-Semitic language or swastikas. In 2016, 21 bias reports involved schools.

Of the 51 bias reports determined to have been motivated by religion, 74.5 percent were considered anti-Jewish, according to the report.