July 26, 2021 at 6:21 pm Burien Mayor Jimmy Matta claims this lawn sign is a "Burien Mayor Jimmy Matta says this law sign is a "white supremacy hate crime." Burien Mayor Jimmy Matta says he was attacked in a white supremacy hate crime. He claimed Nazi imagery was printed on lawn signs bearing his name. He compared himself to a Jew in Nazi Germany and vowed to file a police report. Matta even demanded a federal investigation. But the lawn signs didn’t include Nazi imagery. The criticism was very clearly inspired by the mayor’s politics, not his race. He didn’t call the police to file a report until Friday afternoon (the day after releasing a press release and talking to the media). And there was no hate crime. There will be no federal investigation. Police have already determined there’s nothing to investigate.