Questions about swastika case must be answered

The anti-Semitic incident that occurred in Fairfax on

Nov. 24 hits home personally. My mother was one of three members of her extended family that survived the Holocaust.

I grew up in New York City, in an environment where almost every one of our family’s friends and neighbors was either an escapee, a camp survivor or lost family members in a concentration camp. So living in a county where the district attorney doesn’t believe her constituents deserve answers to why charges weren’t filed for a videotaped anti-Semitic attack in Fairfax is frightening (“Marin DA: No charges in Fairfax swastika case,” Jan. 7).

The individual who posted the stickers in Fairfax drove all the way from Livermore. That’s a long trip. This act of racial hatred and stupidity was on the heels of several incidents at Redwood High School where Jewish students were subjected to multiple acts of online anti-Semitism.

I find the DA’s treatment of this crime lacking. What is her reasoning and lack of an explanation as to what was done, what was not done and why? District Attorney Lori Frugoli’s non-action raises additional questions:

What crimes were the DA considering charging this individual with? Why was the video insufficient to press charges? Does this guy have any prior arrests for hate crimes? Is he or has he been affiliated with any hate groups? Why did he drive all the way from Livermore to Fairfax? Is there a relationship between the Redwood incidents and the Fairfax incident?

Sweeping it under the rug is an invitation to disaster. Those who do not learn from history are destined to repeat it.

— Ronald Baum, Mill Valley