Police: Graffiti at Caldwell High School no longer believed to be hate crime
CALDWELL, Idaho — Police are now investigating graffiti sprayed on the outside of Caldwell High School as a gang-related act, and no longer believe...
CALDWELL, Idaho — Police are now investigating graffiti sprayed on the outside of Caldwell High School as a gang-related act, and no longer believe the incident was "motivated by hate," according to a news release Friday night. The words "white power" were spray-painted onto the side of the building, along with other symbols that covered a wall, windows, and doors. Caldwell Police on Thursday said the vandalism was under investigation as a hate crime, per Idaho code. Now, detectives believe the graffiti was sprayed "as an act of intimidation between two rival Hispanic criminal street gangs.