Kay Hagan's Office Vandalized (VIDEO)

Sen. Kay Hagan's (D-N.C.) Greenville, North Carolina, office was targeted last week in a vandalism spree that left many downtown buildings spraypainted with swastikas and other Nazi insignia.

The phrases "Criminal Government," "What good is justice if the scales are bent" and "blind follow blind" were all marked in purple paint on Hagan's office and in the surrounding area on early Thursday morning. ThinkProgress points out that some of the tags appear to be from the song "Black Panther" by singer Mason Jennings.

The Greenville police say that the suspect is a white male with a thin build, and are encouraging viewers of the released surveillance video to help them turn up leads.

According to WITN news, the U.S. Capitol Police Department has been informed of the incident and is now working with Greenville Police.

WATCH the surveillance video:

Comments

[jukesgrrl]

02:09 PM on 12/21/2010

I live in Tucson, AZ. The offices of BOTH the Democratic representatives serving from my county were vandalized during 2010. This abhorrent behavior doesn't get enough publicity and the punishment isn't bad enough. This is not merely simple destruction; it's not the equivalent to the same act occurring at my house or office. These political attacks are blows to our democracy. They are crimes against all Americans who believe in the voting process. The Arizona perpetrators haven't been caught. I seriously doubt if the police even tried to look for them.

[Tresco]

11:32 AM on 12/21/2010

The suspect is a white male with a thin build. In Carolina? Those bubas are big old corn-feds down there. This guy could be some lib from up north. And what's up with the purple paint? Do you think a redneck is going to be caught dead in a hardware store buying purple paint? What kind of vehicle did he drive away in? Was it a Prius with bumper stickers all over the back end or was it a big old 'merican pick up with a rifle rack? This could be a black flag operation. I want more details!

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[FreetoBme]

01:41 PM on 12/21/2010

I have thought the same thing for months now. Thanks for saying so. It really is annoying.
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[FreetoBme]

01:45 PM on 12/21/2010

You are so right. Thank you for bringing the subject up. It is truly annoying.

[stape45]

11:02 PM on 12/20/2010

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another progressiv­e obama voter making a name for himself.
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Or another 1972 throwback?

[sqeptiq]

10:39 PM on 12/20/2010

Teabagger? Fox News viewer?

[amdezurik]

10:54 PM on 12/20/2010

the description fits O'keefe...

[trussia1]

11:54 AM on 12/21/2010

Well, it certainly matches his MO. I still think he looks like Ichabod Crane.

[mylittlepwny]

06:54 AM on 12/21/2010

Democrat party member knowing that this will be blamed on the right? :) Who knows.

[4RealMan]

11:42 AM on 12/21/2010

this was definitely a Republican voter and probably not a rich person.

[stagebandman]

09:11 PM on 12/20/2010

That's it? Really? Vandalism? Really? I'm not saying he had the right, but anything that takes that little amount of time and doesn't break anything seems more like a prank. Could be a hate crime, but I just don't think it adds up to vandalism. We really have to turn down the hyperbole.

Having said that, I would not be surprised, given the general lack of civility amongst the Foxicans, to see more and more of these incidences in the future. This is how it starts.

[Tommygun264]

11:10 PM on 12/20/2010

So if someone damages your property quickly, it's not vandalism? How about you post your address and let's see if you change your mind about this so-called "prank".

[4RealMan]

11:43 AM on 12/21/2010

agreed. prank?

[bart4u]

08:44 PM on 12/20/2010

They still fly that Confederate flag in those southern states How come the southern states are allowed to fly that flag. It's beyond my thinking and glad I don't live there.

[Sans Octavian]

03:34 AM on 12/21/2010

It's called the first amendment. That's why. Just because you don't agree with it or feel as though it is hurtful and derogatory doesn't mean it is grounds for being muzzled by the thought police. Those states ought to fly those flags - it shows people who they really are - and judge them by that.

[Ken Roberts]

06:57 AM on 12/21/2010

Oh don't worry, we KNOW who they really are and it isn't a pretty picture.

[bart4u]

03:11 AM on 02/08/2011

I thought it over and I agree with your comment. Don't think I would ever live in a southern state.

[1differentdrummer]

05:40 AM on 12/21/2010

The US flag isn't good enough? Why not fly Britain's flag?

[Mecklen]

08:40 PM on 12/20/2010

I live in Greenville, and thin white men are few and far between. This is the land of the Large.

[reasonshouldrule]

09:46 PM on 12/20/2010

LOL!

[CeeCee]

07:57 PM on 12/20/2010

I wonder how many from Greenville died in the last world war fighting the nazis...... shame on anyone who uses those symbols.

[OlongapoEd]

08:26 PM on 12/20/2010

I'm sure there were people from Greenville who died in WWII, and I am also sure that there are more and more people today who think that the US fought the wrong country in the European theater. Those would be the same people who, at least privately, welcome this vandalism.

[wolfie00]

08:58 PM on 12/20/2010

Is that sarcasm? During WW2, over 2000 German companies benefited from slave (forced) labor. That sounds like capitalism on steroids. Don't you agree?

[Greybeard53]

09:02 PM on 12/20/2010

It's YOUR side that has all the guns, but it IS true you're too yellow to use them. All talk...

[ebanks84]

07:46 PM on 12/20/2010

So what's with the "black panther" inference?

[cminca]

07:34 PM on 12/20/2010

And now we just need to wait for someone to claim that progressives did it in order to lay blame to the poor teabaggers on the right.

3.....2....1......blast off.

[Randy Wetzel]

07:32 PM on 12/20/2010

Well we know it was the goo dlittle Republicans behaving as they generally tend to, whether the mo-ds like it or not.

[Sergeant]

08:41 PM on 12/20/2010

You might learn from history if it isn't too late. The german republic was attacked from the inside by na**s pretending to be communists. Point being that if you wanted to present a false impression of another party or group of people how better to do it than by pretending to be those people. It has been done before and can be done again.

[reasonshouldrule]

09:49 PM on 12/20/2010

I'm not getting your point. Are you suggesting that the vandal is a "progressive" pretending to be a "conservative"? That wouldn't make any sense at all. Sorry if I'm misinterpreting.

[Carl Caroli]

06:30 PM on 12/20/2010

N.C. It figures.

[devondx]

06:09 PM on 12/20/2010

What a great way to celebrate South Carolina's civil war secession day !!

Just like those fine men who died defending slavery this racist outrage

represents men standing up for what they , (and the criminally insane GOP

theocracy) really believes in...a return to child labor , ....poison in our food and

water AND corruption ruling all of wall st. !!,,,,,

HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN,...!!!.....

the skies are clear and blue again..!!!...everyone...!!..happy days are here again...!!

[demwolf]

07:17 PM on 12/20/2010

Don't hold back. Tell us how you really feel. Great post.