Man checks out 100 books from Beachwood Library, then burns them in social media post
(www.cleveland.com)https://www.cleveland.com/community/2025/05/man-checks-out-100-books-from-beachwood-library-then-posts-on-social-media-video-of-those-books-burning.htmlOnce the card was approved, the man checked out 50 books on topics that included Jewish history, African-American history and LGBTQ education.
The following day, CCPL heard from the Princeton University Bridging Divides Initiative (PUBDI), a group that monitors and reports suspected hate crimes on social media.
PUBDI informed CCPL that the man had posted a photo to a social media site April 3 that showed a car trunk full of books, with a caption relating to “cleansing” the libraries