SMITHFIELD – Slogans from Patriot Front, a white nationalist group, were found around Smithfield last week, with some on the trailhead signs for the Scenic Stillwater Trail, the site where
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UPDATE: Three arrested for racist graffiti in Smithfield
Under the Route 116 overpass on the Stillwater Scenic Trail, gray paint covers up racist and anti-tolerant graffiti discovered on the piling last week.
UPDATE – Police arrest three
SMITHFIELD – Police have arrested three juveniles in connection to racist graffiti on the Stillwater Scenic Trail. The youths were charged with malicious damage and conspiracy, according to Smithfield Police Chief Richard St. Sauveur. He said they will be referred to the Juvenile Hearing Board.
SMITHFIELD – A Martin Luther King, Jr. quote, “hatred cannot drive out hate; only love can do that,” echoed through the airwaves over local radio Monday morning as Town Manager Randy Rossi observed the paint covering the racist and anti-tolerant hate speech graffiti that appeared on the support columns of the Route 116 overpass last week.
UpdatedMon, Jan 25, 2021 at 1:10 pm ET
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A Smithfield resident is asking the town to publicly condemn racist graffiti found on the Stillwater Scenic Trail. (Shutterstock)
SMITHFIELD, RI Racist graffiti found on the Stillwater Scenic Trail in Smithfield last week has sparked the concern of a longtime resident, citing concerns that the town is not publicly speaking up about the incident or doing enough to prevent racist acts.
Kim Ziegelmayer spotted the explicit graffiti while on a walk with a friend Friday, Jan. 15 and her friend said she had seen the graffiti several days earlier on Wednesday.
The graffiti, which said things including [expletive deleted] George Floyd and #BLDM , was deeply disturbing to Ziegelmayer and she immediately reached out to town officials, school district employees, and state senators and representatives in hopes of a response.