WBZ-TV CBS Boston headquarters vandalized with red paint, taggers wrote ‘Free Palestine’
WBZ-TV CBS Boston is the latest victim of blood-red paint vandalism amid the Israel-Hamas war, as taggers overnight wrote “Free Palestine” on the Allston headquarters.
Boston Police are investigating after the news station was covered in red paint early Friday morning.
The blood-red paint was all over the CBS Boston company sign on Soldiers Field Road, along with red paint covering the front wall of the WBZ headquarters.
The words “Free Palestine” were painted in black on the property.
“The exterior of our building was vandalized shortly after midnight this morning,” WBZ President and General Manager Justin Draper said in a statement.
“Our employees are safe,” Draper added. “We have filed a report with the Boston Police Department.”
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A security guard at the building at around 11:45 p.m. on Thursday did his normal building check, and the guard reported that there was no paint or taggers in the area at the beginning of his inspection.
Then as the guard made his way around the building, he discovered the vandalism. The building has multiple surveillance cameras around the property.
A Boston police officer responded to the vandalism call at around 12:51 a.m. on Friday.
“A news anchor at the above address was exiting the building to go home when he stepped in red paint and discovered the damage,” the police report reads.
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Similar blood-red paint and “Free Palestine” vandalism incidents have been happening around the region and country since the Hamas terrorist attacks last month.
Jeremy Burton, the CEO of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston, posted online after the vandalism at CBS Boston, “Vandalism is a form of criminal activity.”