Neo-Nazis in NY vandalize statue of Jackie Robinson

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http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/mark-reese-vandalism-jackie-robinson-statue-proves-long-article-1.1423023

Mark Reese: Vandalism to Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Reese statue shows there’s a long way to go despite progress After his statue shared with Jackie Robinson was desecrated, my father’s pessimism and Robinson’s optimism regarding race relations have me confident that, while the country is one generation closer to becoming truly one nation, we’ve got a way to go before we truly get along with each other.

The desecration of the statue of Jackie Robinson makes me wonder: Who would do such a thing?

When considering the mindset of such a person, someone who’d write racist epithets on a statue of a civil rights hero, you have to imagine they’re feeling a sense of accomplishment at the moment.

Rest assured. The country is one generation closer to becoming truly one nation.

And yet as I write this, I hear my father's pessimism echoing throughout. Were he alive today (he died Aug. 14, 1999), he might say in his folksy way, “We ain’t there yet.”

Additional links:
http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/08/jackie-robinson-statue-vandalized-with-racial-slurs-and-swastikas/
http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/08/us/new-york-robinson-statue

http://www.nwcn.com/news/national/219070201.html
$50K offered for info in defaced NY statue
Associated Press
Posted on August 9, 2013 at 7:33 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — The reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction of those responsible for defacing a statue of Jackie Robinson in New York with swastikas and hate speech is now $50,000.

The Jackie Robinson Foundation says Friday it has received two donations totaling $40,000. The Daily News has offered $10,000 for information in the case.

On Wednesday, the words "Heil Hitler," an expletive and racist epithets were discovered scrawled on the statue in black marker. The statute of Jackie Robinson and a teammate stands outside Brooklyn's minor league baseball stadium.

The New York City Parks Department removed the hate speech Thursday....