Police Make Arrest in Anti-Immigration Graffiti Case
A 21-year-old Evanston man has been arrested and charged with six counts of criminal defacement of property.
Evanston police on Monday arrested a 21-year-old man from Evanston and charged him in connection with anti-immigration graffiti that appeared throughout the city this past summer. One of the taggings, found on a CTA underpass at the intersection of Ridge Avenue and Lincoln Street, read, "Whites, do u (sic) want to become a minority? If so, support mass immigration." Similar statements were also written in the following locations, according to police: -1826 Central St. -Lincoln Ave. and Greenbay Rd. -Livingston St. and Greenbay Rd. -900 Colfax St. -Lincoln Ave. and Greenbay Rd. City officials told Evanston Patch last month that as in all graffiti cases, they aimed to remove the political taggings as soon as possible. (Read earlier: Anti-…
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