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Fleischer: \u201cSecond-largest attack in six years\u201d<\/em><\/h2>\n

By Robert Frank<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Graffiti removal expert Corey Fleischer turned his power washer wares on one of the main gateways to Laval, June 30, after a vandal marred the Lachapelle Bridge with Nazi symbols.<\/p>\n

\u201cI received a report around 6 a.m. that someone had spotted a blue swastika on the side of the bridge,\u201d Fleischer told The Suburban.<\/em><\/p>\n

This was not merely the act of wayward, attention-seeking youth, he added. Rather, whoever defaced the bridge committed to sowing racial and religious dissention.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo my dismay, when I got there and surveyed the whole bridge, there were a dozen symbols defacing the bridge, including about nine swastikas and a couple of symbols of a Greek white supremacist party, Golden Dawn,\u201d Fleischer said in an interview.<\/p>\n

The vandal also scrawled \u201cthis is Golden Dawn controlled territory\u201d on the pedestrian sidewalk, with an arrow pointing toward Laval, as well as other\u00a0symbols, including one which signifies \u2018Heil Hitler\u2019.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe guy who did this to the bridge had researched everything,\u201d Fleischer explained. \u201cThis is the second-largest attack that I have removed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Removing racist graffiti has become a personal passion for Fleischer, who earns his living operating a graffiti removal firm Provincial Power Washing. He began removing hate graffiti in his spare time six years ago, and estimated that he removed about 40 racist tags during the first five years.<\/p>\n

His efforts have ramped up in 2015.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the past six months, I have removed more than 100 tags, about 85 per cent of which are anti-Semitic,\u201d he reported. \u201cThe other 15 percent are anti-Muslim, anti-homosexual and attacks against other races: Swastikas, as well as the N-word and homophobic slogans.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fleischer suggested that the increase doesn\u2019t necessarily signify a spike in racism. Rather, as word his work spreads, more people are reporting the incidents to him.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople are reporting hate graffiti in spots where I had never seen it before,\u201d he said. \u201cI can\u2019t say whether there\u2019s an increase but I\u2019m getting more phone calls. A\u00a0lot more phone calls.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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He added that two days before the\u00a0Lachapelle Bridge attack, he removed similar graffiti from the train underpass on Marcel Laurin Boulevard, near the corner of Henri Bourassa, that he said was scrawled by the same vandal.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was the same paint, the same symbols, two kilometres down the road, two days earlier, June 28,\u201d Fleischer observed.<\/p>\n

He said that police and municipal officials don\u2019t take hate graffiti seriously enough, even though security cameras from adjacent businesses captured the perpetrator on video.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an 18-year-old, 140-pound guy walking up and causing this, trying to cause turmoil in the area and make people feel they\u2019re unwanted,\u201d Fleischer said. \u201cThe police view this as a secondary priority. They\u2019re always notified, but nothing gets done. The same thing with the cities.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHalf the battle is educating the public,\u201d he concluded, \u201cand getting more eyes looking out for this. I never realized the effect that this would have on people. I\u2019ve put this mission above my business, above my personal life, above everything. Nothing in my life is more important than the mission that I\u2019m on now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Corey Fleischer can be reached via his company\u2019s website www.provincialpw.com<\/a> or by phone at [514] 983-8787.<\/p>\n

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