NEW YORK (VINnews) — A West LA mother of two recalled an “ugly” incident with her neighbor, in which he allegedly drew a swastika on the grocery delivery order on her porch.
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It happened back on Dec. 4, 2023. Leah Grossman said it was after 10 p.m. when she got an alert from her security system. The camera showed a man, who she identified as her neighbor, appearing to look around, before bending over and drawing something on a box of soda on her porch.
L.A. – disturbing video footage captures Mark Nakagawa, President of the United Methodist Church, taking a marker and drawing a swastika on a Jewish woman’s package of soda. pic.twitter.com/pMnmauW6z1
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) March 4, 2024
Grossman immediately left her home and confronted the man, who turned out to be a former president of the Methodist church, Mark Nagakawa.
“As soon as I looked at the box to see what he wrote, I said, ‘Is that a Nazi symbol,’” Grossman said. “He said ‘No.’ Right away, ‘no.’ And then I said, ‘What is it then? Can you just explain that to me? What am I looking at?’ And he really just kind of played dumb until I said, ‘You know I have a camera right there?’”
Grossman filed a police report, and said she was told by police that this was not a hate crime, but rather a hate incident. She said she also contacted the property managers and the homeowner’s association.
Grossman said relations with her neighbor turned chilly after she displayed an Israeli flag on her banister on Oct. 7, and he became angry.
“I didn’t put that flag up to be a fascist,” Grossman said. “I didn’t put that up to say I hate anyone. I put it up to support the people that were feeling the same as me, and that was it.”
Leah I hope you kept the flag up!
The ret*rd couldn’t even draw it properly.
“she was told by police that this was not a hate crime, but rather a hate incident”
Are these guys for REAL?
He was only a few steps away from falling over the railing. Wishing him a productive spring, summer followed by a fall.
She should take a garbage truck and hang the lake JC on it.
This fool is the president of the entire Methodist church, or some local church, or what?
It’s not a swastika, it’s a Z running really fast.
The United Methodist Church has a history of being favorable towards Jews and towards Israel.
The actions of the Israeli govt are to blame for anti-Semitic acts that occurred since October 7th. The war has made Jews look disgusting in the eyes of the nations.