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MADISON, Wis. -- The Madison Police Department's Hate Crime Task Force was notified Thursday night after a dispute on the city's north side resulted in a teen being taken to
Multiple swastikas, as well as the racist message “I Hate Blacks” and an ominous threat: “I will shoot up the school,” were discovered Thursday scrawled on a restroom stall at The Beacon School on West 44th Street near 11th Avenue in Hell’s Kitchen, cops said.
A 58-year-old man was arrested over the weekend after he allegedly yelled racial slurs and was threatening individuals, Madison Police Department reports.
Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes said the Hate Crime Task Force is set up to better respond to incidents and will be in effect for 90 days.
The department says positions from within the department will form the force.