{"id":10217,"date":"2018-05-16T16:04:20","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T20:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jewishbreakingnews.com\/jbn\/?p=10217"},"modified":"2024-03-13T05:24:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T09:24:51","slug":"watch-philadelphia-man-arrested-defacing-famous-israeli-flag-red-paintballs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jewishbreakingnews.com\/watch-philadelphia-man-arrested-defacing-famous-israeli-flag-red-paintballs\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Philadelphia Man Arrested After Defacing Famous Israeli Flag With Red Paintballs"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Israeli flag flying in downtown Philadelphia at the spot where a Holocaust memorial is under construction was sprayed with red paint.<\/p>\n

The vandalism, made by a paintball gun with red paint that was found in a nearby trash can, occurred on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Staff members of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia were notified that a man was shooting paint at the flag rushed to the corner of 16th<\/sup>\u00a0Street and Ben Franklin Parkway and were able to identify the man for police,\u00a0according\u00a0to the local ABC affiliate.<\/p>\n

The man acknowledged that he was responsible for the vandalism when asked by police. He was taken into police custody.<\/p>\n