PITTSBURGH (AP) — Authorities are investigating the dissemination of anti-Semitic pamphlets in Pittsburgh neighborhoods, including the one in which a gunman killed 11 people in a synagogue in October.
A spokesman said police and the city department of public safety “are taking this matter very seriously and will follow every investigative avenue.”
Police said Sunday morning the material was found in neighborhoods including Squirrel Hill, where a gunman entered the Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27 and killed 11 people in the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history. A man who authorities said raged against Jews during and after the shooting has pleaded not guilty to numerous murder and hate crime charges.
Police said “such hate-filled material” will not be tolerated in the city by residents, city officials or law enforcement.
And thank goodness the president has used his bully pulpit to condemn and rail against the Pittsburgh shootings, such pamphlets, and the ideas that spawn them.
I’m sure he’ll emphasize that there are some good people among those who wrote it.
“elsewhere” refers to the indicated area.
"“Police said “such hate-filled material’ will not be tolerated in the city by residents, city officials or law enforcement.”
I’m not sure if this st’ement is true, or if it’s just AP reporting. I’m sure this won’t be a popular statement, but bigots have First Amendment rights too.
They do have first amendment rights. And when a hate crime has been committed in a town, investigating people who distribute hate literature there to see if they’re connected to that or other crimes doesn’t seem any more of a first-amendment problem than investigating cross-burning.