Graffiti of Crusades’ rallying cry investigated as possible hate crime at USM
Source: Kennebec Journal
University of Southern Maine police are investigating a possible hate crime after graffiti was found in the student government offices, officials said Thursday.
A student who is known to at least one student senator wrote the Latin phrase “Deus Vult” or “God Wills It” on a desk and a wall, according to student leaders.
The phrase was used as a rallying cry for Christians during the Crusades in medieval times, and more recently has been adopted by the alt-right political movement as an anti-Muslim insult.
In an email to the campus community, USM President Glenn Cummings condemned the “anti-Muslim graffiti” found in the office in the Woodbury Campus Center.
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