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Crews cleaned up hate-filled, anti-Semitic words Sunday found spray-painted at a Plainview park frequented by children. The graffiti reads "PlainJew" and included the letters KKK along with a swastika.

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Anti-Semitic vandalism mars Plainview playground

Crews cleaned up hate-filled, anti-Semitic words Sunday found spray-painted at a Plainview park frequented by children. The graffiti reads "PlainJew" and included the letters KKK along with a swastika.

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