From The Stranger, Seattle’s alternative newspaper:

by Ansel Herz • Mar 26, 2016 at 2:52 pm

Some equipment was stolen, but more alarming were the messages left scrawled on whiteboards, including swastikas, "N****r babies/Vote Trump," and "Kell [sic] Wyking"—a death threat directed to Wyking Garrett, a respected community activist who runs the center. The center shared photos of the graffiti and the damage on Facebook.

"Seattle will not tolerate this kind of hate," Mayor Ed Murray said on Twitter. "We are ready to support Africatown Center as they work to recover, and know they'll be back stronger than ever."

"For me personally," she said, "it makes me feel even more vigilant in the fight for racial justice."

The threat against Garrett, Allen continued, makes her "angry and a little fearful, when you talk about killing someone that I care about... It makes me wonder how safe are we when we're doing our work here... You named somebody and threatened their life. We don't take that lightly." And she's worried about the safety of the children who attend the center's programs.

Allen said the vandals may have been "emboldened by a culture that's allowing hate speech in mainstream media."

…UPDATE 6:09 p.m.: The SPD says on its website it suspects an East African male of committing the crime. The police have arrested him.