James Polite, the 26-year-old man who was arrested Friday for allegedly vandalizing a synagogue in Brooklyn Thursday, is a Democratic activist who once worked for New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, and also volunteered for Barack Obama.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/03/nyregion/anti-semitic-hate-crime-vandalism.html
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