Police are investigating the tagging of swastikas on a locker at Corona del Mar High School in Newport Beach as a hate crime.
Newport Beach police are investigating the tagging of swastikas on a locker at Corona del Mar High School as a hate crime, the Newport-Mesa Unified School District said. The school district became aware of the vandalism last weekend and reported it to the police. 'This behavior is unacceptable and will not be tolerated in our schools,' said Annette Franco, a spokesperson for the district.
In 2019, police were notified after a group of high school students drinking alcohol at a house party took a photograph giving a Nazi salute around a table with red plastic cups arranged in the shape of a swastika. The students at that party attended Newport Harbor, Estancia and Costa Mesa high schools, not Corona del Mar High School. Reports of hate incidents have increased over the past few years in Orange County, spiking from 41 incidents in 2021 to 103 in 2022, according to a county report.
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