Evanston Man: Anti-Immigration Graffiti "Not About Hate"

Image Credit: Kaitlin Svabek, Daily Northwestern

An Evanston man has been charged with six counts of criminal defacement of property in relation to anti-immigration graffiti found on the north side of the city over the past few weeks. Police found Daniel Schwartz tagging a wall near a previous site he had vandalized and after evading them temporarily, apprehended him when he returned to his parked vehicle.

The graffiti has garnered extra attention from police in the past few weeks because of its frequency. Evanston police even recruited a crime analyst to monitor the case. The Daily Northwestern reported Evanston Alderman Ann Rainey said of the graffiti in a recent council meeting, “The time has come where we take it more seriously. It’s a constantly recurring vandalism, and it’s a constant in our budget.”

Schwartz told reporters in a phone interview that his statements were "It's not about hate," he said. "It's just about concerns for the country. There's no hate." Schwartz is scheduled to appear in court Dec. 21.

Correction: The headline and a quote were changed to reflect what was actually said by Schwartz. We deeply regret the error.

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By aaroncynic in News on November 8, 2011 1:40 PM 0 Comments

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bellaghy

Why should this individual be singled out for special (and expensive) police attention, compared to all the other taggers out there, except for reasons of institutionalized Liberal white-hating racism and hatred of political dissent? The message is perfectly legitimate and phrased in a reasonable way. Liberal hate just doesn't want to see its victims stand up for their interests. Meanwhile, back at the real holocaust, Liberals are busy applying the hush-crime treatment the murder of Kelli O'Laughlin, which is getting no more coverage than this non-story. Make no mistake, the over-the-top reaction of the police and the excessive publicity given to this case is yet one more effort by the white-hating, treasonous, unAmerican left to convince the mass of their victims that dissent is illegal. This isn't about tagging.

Daniel

This man is so dumb. Mass immigration from the third world is great for
America and Europe. Why on earth would anyone worry about mass
immigration? All the effects are great. Are schools get better and
better and our nation grows so much richer. Just look at how well
southern California is doing.

Navin_Johnson

Are schools get better

We need immigrants to offset our illiterate natives.

Daniel

This man is so dumb. Mass immigration from the third world is great for America and Europe. Why on earth would anyone worry about mass immigration? All the effects are great. Are schools get better and better and our nation grows so much richer. Just look at how well southern California is doing.

BlueFairlane

Are schools get better and better ...

Well, they certainly can't get much worse.

Nicholas

"Are schools get better and better..."

It seems OUR schools still have some way to go in terms of teaching grammar.

ChicagoD

Little Danny found his sarcasm hat!

And yet, the same argument has been made against every wave of immigration. But this one is different, right? Because you can actually see this one, right?

Adam Turetzky

While I don't condone what this man was actually saying the author of this article has completely misquoted the Northwestern Daily article and this man's statement in it and by doing so has completely altered his meaning and inserted a much different one. The quote is:

""I didn't write what I did because I was looking out for only the interests of all white Americans,""

ChicagoD

OK, what does that quote mean? Frankly it is so ungrammatical that it borders on nonsense. Since you brought it up, you explain it.

Adam Turetzky

Agreed. It's a weak denial is what it is. But what it certainly does not say is "I was only looking out for white Americans". It's more of an attempt at saying "I didn't write that because I was only looking out for white Americans"

Johnathan Kaszynski

I'm sure he'll find some great friends among other white supremacists with a surname like Schwartz. What a tool.

Navin_Johnson

lol. Yeah you beat me to it. He might want to crack a history book or two.....

21-year-old laments 'stranglehold of political correctness'

Awwww, poor Evanston baby. There really is nowhere that you can get or be bombarded with anti-immigrant sentiment is there........