Four years ago, the issue of student-police relations erupted along with other complaints against the Davis police department.  Lost in the turmoil and controversy surrounding the Davis Human Relations Commission, was an event in early February 2006 where dozens of students, most of them African-American, came before the Davis City Council to complain about treatment from the police.

In May, as many as 150 students marched from campus to the Davis Police Station to protest what they called racial profiling and other tactics by the Davis Police Department.

The rash of hate related incidents continued on Sunday nigh as police received a report from a resident adviser in Kearney Hall about a 5 inch by 3 inch swastika cavered into a bulletin board.

According to police, the swastika may have been carved into the bulletin board earlier but covered by fliers. As part of the investigation, the police department took crime scene photos and fingerprints and removed the bulletin board as evidence.

The University is investigating two recent incidents as hate crimes.  The Unversity confirmed on Friday that authorities are investigating a swastika carved into the door of a Jewish student's dorm room as a hate crime.

An incident where vandalism was discovered on the campus building that houses the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center will also be investigated as a hate crime.