ROSWELL, Ga. — Note the above video is from an earlier incident in February.
Antisemitic flyers were found distributed in Roswell driveways Sunday morning.
The Roswell Police Department is aware of the flyers and is investigating whether there was any criminal intent or purpose for their distribution.
“We have received several reports of fliers being distributed in one of our residential neighborhoods,” a department spokesman told Channel 2 Action News. “We are looking into the fliers’ content and intent behind their distribution for any criminal activity.”
Over the past few months, similar flyers have popped up in multiple Atlanta area neighborhoods. No charges have resulted from the flyers’ distribution.
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Since early February, flyers have been distributed in communities in Dunwoody, Sandy Springs, East Atlanta, and neighborhoods in Cherokee County.
As previously reported by Channel 2 Action News, Atlanta police issued a statement about flyers found in East Atlanta titled “Who is behind the rise in transgenderism?” that features a large rainbow-colored Star of David, and display QR codes with links to websites with anti-Jewish and anti-transgender statements.
Investigations of those incidents have yielded no criminal charges, with law enforcement in Dunwoody telling Channel 2′s Bryan Mims in February that it’s “a free speech issue,” and that the flyers had neither calls to action nor threats.
Rep. Esther Panitch, the only currently Jewish member of the Georgia House of Representatives was one recipient of the flyers back in late February.
Days later, community leaders held a town hall to discuss fighting hate after the flyers were put in driveways around Sandy Springs, and Panitch added her voice to efforts to add antisemitism to Georgia’s legal definitions of hate speech in the most recent legislative session.
However, the legislation failed to pass.
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On Sunday, Sandy Springs Senator Josh McLaurin posted a thread on Twitter about the latest set of flyers in Roswell, saying he would not share pictures, but noting that the group posting them is known as the GDL, or “Goyim Defense League,” based in Florida.
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