ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) – The University of Rochester is investigating after it said hundreds of “Wanted” posters were found across campus late Sunday night.
According to the university, the posters were put up with a strong adhesive that can damage the surfaces they were stuck to.
“Posters and displays affixed in this manner are unacceptable and considered to be vandalism to University property,” the university said in a message issued Monday. “Any activities, including the placement of these posters, that disrupt our normal operations and classroom instruction will not be tolerated.”
The university statement said the posters may have been put up “to intimidate members of [the] University community.”
An image sent to News 8 purporting to show one of the posters accuses a person of “racism, hate speech, [and] intimidation,” saying the person depicted in the poster is “directly complicit in the displacement of Palestinians in the West Bank.” It also accuses the person of implying student protesters were violent.