Politics & Government

Trump With Hitler-like Mustache Spray-Painted in Northeast Atlanta

Police are investigating the vandalism.

Atlanta GA -- A cartoon of Donald Trump sporting a Hitler-like mustache was found spray-painted on two northeast Atlanta bridge supports late Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning.

An Atlanta police officer spotted an image of Trump with Hitler’s iconic toothbrush mustache against a background of the Nazi swastika on a support pillar on a bridge on Piedmont Road Wednesday morning, police spokeswoman Elizabeth Espy told Buckhead Patch.

At approximately the same time, a 911 call came in regarding another copy of the image on a support pillar of the Buford Highway Connector Espy said.

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Homeland Security was alerted to the graffiti, Espy said, and technicians are now trying to figure out how to remove the images from the support pillars.

The Buford Highway corridor runs from Brookhaven into Atlanta, including into Buckhead and Midtown. The Piedmont Road bridge support is also near Brookhaven, Buckhead and Midtown.

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The images were found shortly after Trump issued a statement calling for the U.S. to issue a “total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s representatives can figure out what’s going on.” The statement was posted toTrump’s official campaign website.

Credit: Atlanta Police Department

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