Huge swastika built on San Francisco high school football field
Local resident photographs giant Nazi symbol assembled shortly after Friday graduation ceremony
South San Francisco police have launched an investigation after vandals placed a giant swastika in the middle of El Camino High School’s football field after graduation ceremonies on Friday.
School officials said that snap-together tiles were used to produce the symbol, and that the field was not damaged.
Robin Braun Belinsky, a local resident, was driving past the field when she noticed the swastika on the 40-yard line of the football field. She stopped her car to take photographs and video.
“When I saw a giant swastika on the field, I was really pissed off,” said Belinsky, who recalled being teased as a child for being Jewish. “It was an ugly thing to see — really jarring.”
Belinsky said she wanted to make sure that her two-year-old son would never have to encounter similar situations.
“More than likely, it was just stupid kids, but it’s just not acceptable,” she told SFGate.
“It’s really dispiriting and disturbing for something like that to happen,” said assistant principal Gary Gooch.
“We’ve got a great group of kids here, and it just really puts a damper on things,” he said.
School custodians removed the swastika on Monday after alerting school officials. The police investigation continues.