What was intended as a harmless gesture of teen rebellion and free advertising became, for a short while, the subject of a hate crime investigation.
Police officers in Commack, NY discovered the spray-painted homage to metal band Slayer on the side of a building in Wicks Park, “home to the Commack South Little League”, on Tuesday night.
Reports on the Commack Patch news site say that the local police department was investigating the graffiti as a hate crime, until officers “realized the markings, which included a pentagram, were symbols from the band, Slayer” – a revelation no doubt indebted to the street artist’s helpful inclusion of the pentagram and the word “SLAYER”.
Check out the offending work below:
- Jordan Adetunji returns with "X n the City"
- R.E.M. announce five-track benefit EP, Radio Free Europe 2025
- Charli XCX, Neneh Cherry, Jordan Stephens, and more sign open letter of solidarity to trans community
- Moses Sumney, Yukimi Nagano, Obongjayar and Yussef Dayes to feature on Little Simz's forthcoming album, Lotus
- Palace and NoSo join lineup for Khruangbin's Gunnersbury Park show
- Mádé Kuti returns with new single, "I Won't Run Away"
- Kaeto presents new track, "words"
Get the Best Fit take on the week in music direct to your inbox every Friday
Blondshell
If You Asked For A Picture
Monolake
Gravity
Car Seat Headrest
The Scholars
