Symbols of hate used in Bellingham vandalism apparently sourced from Instagram

Instagram has disabled the account of a white supremacist who likely supplied the swastika stickers used in a vandalism incident that Bellingham Police are investigating as a hate crime.

Two Bellingham Herald readers tipped the newspaper about the account’s existence and the Anti-Defamation League in Seattle told The Herald in an email that the Instagram account was the source of the stickers.

The Herald is not naming the account, which featured racist rhetoric and showed a printing press making stickers exactly like the ones found Oct. 10 in downtown Bellingham and Fairhaven.