Antisemitic pamphlets found in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill
Pittsburgh’s public safety and police departments said Sunday that they were investigating “the dissemination of antisemitic pamphlets” in Squirrel Hill, the neighborhood in which a gunman killed 11 Jews at a synagogue in October, and in other Pittsburgh neighborhoods.
Public Information Officer Chris Togneri did not provide specific details about the pamphlets in a news release.
Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh CEO Jeff Finkelstein said the fliers targeted Jewish and African-American communities in Pittsburgh.
“This is a prime example of how hateful people don’t only hate one group of people,” he said. “We are committed to the safety and security of the Greater Pittsburgh Jewish community. We have the utmost confidence in our local and national law enforcement as they investigate.”
Togneri said the hate-filled material will not be tolerated “by residents, City officials or Law Enforcement” in Pittsburgh.
He said the Department of Public Safety, along with its director, Wendell Hissrich, Police Chief Scott Schubert and Zone 4 commander Dan Herrmann, “assures the community that we are taking this matter very seriously and will follow every investigative avenue.”
“Pittsburgh is and will remain stronger than hate,” Togneri said. (TNS)