Sentence 1: Dan painted a string of swastikas on the curb in front of his house. 
 Sentence 3: The neighbors were very offended 
 Sentence 4:  They started revving up the media circus to ostracize him 
 Sentence 5:  Dan quickly painted over the symbols with a coat of yellow paint 
 Given Sentence 2: He'd read they were Sanskrit symbols for good luck.