Overview
- Campus police were alerted March 4 to graffiti in a MacQuarrie Hall bathroom that referenced violence on March 11, with additional messages reported and removed later in the week.
- The writings included calls for the eradication of Jews and references to Osama bin Laden and 9/11.
- SJSU removed the graffiti, increased police patrols, and opened an investigation, asking anyone with information to contact the university police department.
- Jewish campus leaders describe heightened fear among students, and a school-offered counseling session reportedly went unattended due to safety concerns.
- San Jose police are separately investigating a reported assault on two Jewish men at Santana Row as a possible hate crime.