Police are investigating after antisemitic notes were left on several vehicles in Jefferson Park Sunday morning.
About 8:30 a.m., officers who responded to a call in the 5400 block of West Wilson Avenue found cardboard signs with antisemitic messages on several parked vehicles, Chicago police said.
“This morning, I was alerted to antisemitic leaflets distributed at residences in my district. I condemn this disgusting display of antisemitism. My Jewish constituents deserve to live in safety and without fear of intimidation or violence,” Garcia said. “The leaflets draw on deeply rooted conspiracy theories about government influence by listing Jewish members of the Biden administration.
In Hickory Hills, police were investigating a hate crime after a Palestinian family in the southwest suburb received a letter threatening to “burn” them last week.Lila Gaber, a Muslim Palestinian American, put a sign in her yard that reads “Free Palestine” after the conflict escalated between Israeli and Hamas forces last month, leading to thousands of civilian deaths.
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