Graffiti Found on Stop Signs

As demonstrations swept across America in the hours after the decision by a Staten Island grand jury last week not to indict a New York City police officer in connection with the death of a man he had placed in a choke hold on July 17, one or more individuals took to the streets of East Hampton Town and Village, apparently expressing anger with the decision.

East Hampton Village police reported on Monday that in the overnight hours following the Dec. 3  decision that cleared the officer of any state criminal charges in the death of Eric Garner, 43, four stop signs were sprayed with white paint reading, “Police Brutality” beneath the word “Stop.” The signs were at the intersections of Egypt and David’s Lanes, Egypt and Gay Lanes, Buell Lane and Church Street, and Apaquogue and Baiting Hollow Roads. A fifth sign was stolen from the intersection of Egypt and Fithian Lanes.

Town police reported numerous similar acts across much of the town. Signs were  targeted at intersections like Atlantic Avenue and Bluff Road, Old Stone Highway and Springs-Fireplace Road, and Hand’s Creek Road and Cedar Street.