Crime & Safety
Antisemitic Flyers Appear In Dunwoody, Sandy Springs Driveways
Authorities in Dunwoody and Sandy Springs are investigating after homes in several neighborhoods received antisemitic flyers Sunday.
DUNWOODY, GA — Authorities in Dunwoody and Sandy Springs are investigating after receiving reports of antisemitic flyers being found in home driveways Sunday, according to both city governments.
It is not known who put the flyers in the driveways.
“On behalf of the Dunwoody City Council, I want to assure everyone that hateful, divisive and antisemitic rhetoric has no place here," Dunwoody Mayor Lynn Deutsch said in a statement.
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"Dunwoody is a community that values our diversity and is home to people of all faiths, races, ethnicities and more. We live, work, serve and play together. At our Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, Jews, Christians and Muslims worked together planting daffodils in memory of those who perished in the Holocaust. I stand with our Jewish community and all who face intolerance. I believe that love always conquers hate. Please be good to each other.”
Dunwoody Police is investigating the case in partnership with Sandy Springs Police, Dunwoody Police Chief Billy Grogan said in the statement.
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Grogan asked for people with information relating to the case to call 911.
"There is no place for hate in Dunwoody," Grogan said.
Sandy Springs government officials called the flyers disturbing in a statement.
Gov. Brian Kemp tweeted state law enforcement is prepared to assist local authorities in their investigations.
"This kind of hate has no place in our state and the individuals responsible do not share Georgia’s values," Kemp said.
Newly-elected Georgia Rep. Esther Panitch claimed antisemitic acts went beyond Sandy Springs Sunday. She said on Twitter multiple Jewish neighborhoods in Fulton and DeKalb counties received the flyers.
She also said antisemitism has been present in Cobb and Paulding counties in the past.
"Govern yourselves accordingly, ... Anti-Semites who seek to harm/intimidate Jews in Georgia," Panitch said. "I’m coming for you with the weight of the state behind me."
Patch has reached out to law enforcement for more information.
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