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Swastikas are found spray-painted on trees outside Quaker cemetery in South Jersey as hate crimes in the state skyrocket
- The symbols of hatred were first observed on Thursday outside of the Haddonfield Friends Meeting Cemetery
- The two trees on both side of the burial grounds’ entry can be seen with spray-painted pink swastikas and racist language
- The hate crime came on the mark of the cemetery’s 300th anniversary this year
- An estimated 1,900 bias incidents were documented in New Jersey last year – a record-high in the state
- The state has observed a 29 increase in hate crimes as there were 1,447 bias incidents recorded in 2020
- Anti-Jewish bias was mentioned as the reason behind 347 incidents reported in 2021
- The incident comes a less than two weeks before Passover – a Jewish holiday