FBI, Omaha police investigating racist graffiti at park

July 5th, 2020 | Karen Schmer

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Omaha police and the FBI are investigating after someone spray-painted racist graffiti on a grassy area at a western Omaha park.

Police say the graffiti covered a large area at Lake Zorinsky Park and included a racial slur, a swastika and a stick-figure hanging from a noose. Omaha Mayor Jean Stothert says maintenance crews removed the graffiti Tuesday as soon as officials learned of it.

Stothert says authorities are investigating the vandalism as a hate crime. Omaha police and the FBI are asking anyone who has information, video or pictures regarding the vandalism to contact Crime Stoppers.

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