Police: 3 Students Admit They Spray-Painted Swastikas At Calabasas High
CALABASAS (KNX/AP) — Los Angeles County investigators say three students have confessed that they scrawled swastikas and other hate graffiti at Calabasas High School.
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KNX 1070's Jon Baird reports.
Doors, walls, sidewalks and a stop sign were spray-painted last week with the Nazi symbol, anti-Semitic and anti-black slurs and profanities directed at specific students and teachers. Damage is estimated at $2,000.
Sheriff's Lt. Steven Smith says three boys in their late teens are being cited Wednesday for felony vandalism and have been suspended from school. They could face criminal charges.
Smith says the teens told investigators they felt mistreated and wanted to upset some teachers and classmates. He says the three weren't trying to target any specific racial or religious groups at the school, which is located in a well-to-do city west of Los Angeles.
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