Graffiti that says “Native Land” in red paint on the Mission San Jose in Fremont is being investigated as a hate crime, the police department said in a news release on Saturday.
The graffiti, which includes splatters of paint that the Fremont Police Department said simulated blood, was painted on the side of a church on the mission grounds. A photo of the graffiti shows the writing on both sides of a wooden door decorated with a red, white and blue half-circle banner. It was reported to morning patrol officers and was painted overnight, the department said in its news release.
“This is a Catholic Church, this is where I pray,” Galvan said. “Not only is this vandalism, this is desecration of a sacred site.”
Also critical was Dave Rosetto, of Fremont, who was also at the church on Saturday afternoon helping to clean.
“I’d like somebody to show me what good came out of this,” Rosetto said.
The above comes from a July 4 story in the East Bay Times.
More senseless destruction…
Lord, have mercy on us all!
Ha…native land…bet the anarchist with the apple device in his back pocket completely ignores Apple headquarters in Cupertino.
I do not think they did it either. There are Ohlones who work at or have worked at the gift shop too.
What I meant was that I think it probably was one or two disgruntled people of whatever color or ethnic group, and that does not mean all Native American Indians approved of what was done.
Who is Galvan?
Look up ” ‘Mr. Ohlone’ who helped name Fremont college dies” in your search bar. Andrew Galvan is Phil Galvan’s son. Phil Galvan died with the nickname “Mr. Ohlone”. You can also look up “Andrew Galvan of San Jose Mission”.
The mission has always carried books about the Ohlone and other Native American Indian cultures. Now no more questions, Mike, search on your own.
And may the soul of Phil Galvan, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
Sorry, I should have written, “Now no more questions, Kevin, in my last post.”
One simple sentence in the article would fully clarify who Galvan is.
You can blame the East Bay Times for that one, but most articles in any newspaper are not self explanatory. One almost always needs to search deeper to get at the truth.