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   B i l l C o c k b u r n to All   
   New Yorkers unite to scrub hateful Clint   
   10 Feb 17 10:45:50   
   
   XPost: alt.politics.libertarian, alt.society.civil-liberty, ott.politics   
   XPost: rec.arts.tv   
      
   New York (CNN)Gregory Locke was enjoying his Saturday night   
   after dinner with friends in Manhattan when he boarded the No. 1   
   subway train at 50th Street to head uptown.   
      
   Almost immediately, he knew something was up.   
      
   "Everybody was sitting there stunned," said Locke, a New York   
   attorney originally from Atlanta, Georgia. "It wasn't until the   
   doors closed behind me that I saw it on the windows of the   
   doors."   
      
   Someone had used a Sharpie to scrawl swastikas and hate-filled   
   graffiti all over the subway car: "Jews belong in the oven,"   
   "Destroy Islam," "Heil Hitler."   
      
   Chef Jared Nied scrubs graffiti from the subway car Saturday   
   night.   
      
   Passengers looked uncomfortable and unsure of what to do, Locke   
   said. But then a man stood up and said, "Hand sanitizer gets rid   
   of Sharpie pen. We need alcohol," Locke told CNN.   
      
   That man was Jared Nied, a chef at a Manhattan restaurant.   
      
   Another passenger helps to remove the graffiti from the train.   
      
   "The woman across the car saw me looking at the graffiti, asked   
   me if I could do something and offered a tissue. That's when it   
   clicked that sanitizer would work," Nied told CNN via text   
   message Sunday.   
      
   Then, "everyone started digging into their pockets and bags for   
   hand sanitizer and wipes," Locke said.   
      
   Nied and other passengers got to work on erasing the graffiti.   
   He told CNN they were "satisfied in just doing the right thing."   
      
   "It was very uplifting to see everyone come together like that,"   
   said Locke. The attorney posted an account of the incident on   
   Facebook and it quickly went viral.   
      
   As of midday Sunday Locke's post had been shared more than   
   250,000 times and was even noticed by former first daughter   
   Chelsea Clinton, who tweeted about it.   
      
   Don't be so pious Chelsea, your mommy's supporters are   
   responsible for it.   
      
   http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/05/us/subway-nazi-graffiti-new-york-   
   trnd/   
       
      
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