The Syracuse Police Department has not made any arrests in connection to the hate crimes and bias-related incidents that have occurred at or near Syracuse University since early November, an SPD spokesperson said.

At least 20 racist, anti-Semitic and bias-related incidents have been reported at or near SU since Nov. 7. SPD is investigating several of the incidents.

“(The incidents) are all under investigation,” SPD spokesperson Sgt. Matthew Malinowski said in a statement.

SPD is investigating a threatening, anti-Semitic email that was sent Nov. 19 to SU professor Genevieve García de Müeller, as well as a swastika that was found etched in a snowbank Nov. 14 near The 505 on Walnut luxury apartment complex.

The department is leading the investigation into a white supremacist manifesto that was allegedly sent to students’ cellphones in Bird Library on Nov. 19. SPD has not yet obtained a device that received the manifesto.

SU’s Department of Public Safety, the New York State Police and the FBI are also investigating the series of hate crimes and bias-related incidents. DPS and SPD are both investigating a racial slur an individual reportedly yelled at a Latino male and female Dec. 4 while driving on Euclid Avenue.

DPS is continuing to follow leads and to consult the law enforcement agencies in its investigations, said Sarah Scalese, senior associate vice president for university communications, in a statement.

A “generous” university donor has provided a reward for information leading to an arrest, Chancellor Kent Syverud said in a Nov. 17 campus-wide email.

“A reward for information leading to an arrest continues to be in place,” Scalese said.

#NotAgainSU, a black student-led movement, held a sit-in at the Barnes Center at The Arch for eight days in response to the series of hate crimes and bias-related incidents. SPD arrested Kym McGowan, an SU freshman, on Nov. 20 for graffiti in support of the protest.

Published on January 12, 2020 at 11:10 pm

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