Anti-Chinese graffiti investigated as hate crime in San Francisco
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In this Aug. 21, 2015 photo, Yu Cheng of the San Francisco Department of Public Works paints over graffiti covering a building in Chinatown's Quincy Alley, across from St. Mary's Square Park in San Francisco. In a bid to slow a graffiti epidemic, San Francisco is using an innovative legal maneuver and asking courts to treat the city like a property owner and allow it to seek damages for cleanups. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the city has sued a woman officials allege is an infamous graffiti vandal, saying a woman known as Cozy Terry is responsible for 28 acts of vandalism on city buses and other acts of defacing city property.(Paul Chinn/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
In this Aug. 21, 2015 photo, Yu Cheng of the San Francisco Department of Public Works paints over graffiti covering a building in Chinatown's Quincy Alley, across from St. Mary's Square Park in San Francisco. In a bid to slow a graffiti epidemic, San Francisco is using an innovative legal maneuver and asking courts to treat the city like a property owner and allow it to seek damages for cleanups. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the city has sued a woman officials allege is an infamous graffiti vandal, saying a woman known as Cozy Terry is responsible for 28 acts of vandalism on city buses and other acts of defacing city property.(Paul Chinn/San Francisco Chronicle via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
SAN FRANCISCO >> A string of spray-painted graffiti in southeast San Francisco this weekend is being investigated by the police as hate crimes.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports Monday that the graffiti took place Sunday. The words “No more Chinese” was spray-painted in several locations in the Portola neighborhood, just south of where Highway 101 and Interstate 280 merge.
Among the targets were a recreation center, an out-of-business supermarket, and two other spots on streets.
Officers are also searching to see if there are any other locations that have been vandalized, or for video surveillance.
