Swastika and noose on school door: American admits to hate crime against Jewish community

Dalton Ray Mullis, 24, from South Carolina, pleaded guilty to a hate crime after posting anti-Semitic flyers with a swastika and a noose on the door of a Jewish school in Charlotte and other buildings in the Jewish community complex.

Dalton Ray Mullis, 24, from Indian Land, South Carolina, pleaded guilty in federal court to a hate crime after vandalizing buildings in the Shalom Park Jewish community complex in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mullis admitted to posting threatening anti-Semitic flyers bearing a swastika, a noose, and a skull symbol associated with the SS. The incident occurred on the evening of January 19 this year. Among the vandalized sites were the Charlotte Jewish Day School, the Holocaust memorial site, and a staff building. Security cameras recorded him spraying glue and attaching a flyer to a door. Court documents show that between January and April, Mullis posted anti-Semitic messages on social media. Federal prosecutor Russ Ferguson and Charlotte FBI head Reed Davis condemned the act. Mullis remains in federal custody, and a sentencing date has not yet been set.