Middleburg target in anti-Semitic flyer pile up across Florida – Action News Jax

MIDDLEBURG, Fla. — Residents in Clay County are reporting discovering racist flyers distributed all through their neighborhoods.

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Pamela Rese mentioned she has by no means seen racist flyers like these discovered on folks’s driveways alongside Lake Asbury Drive in Middleburg in the 30 years she has lived right here.

“It’s unacceptable,” mentioned Rese. “I don’t know why they are targeting this neighborhood. It just makes me a little unnerved.”

Action News Jax noticed lots of them dropped on folks’s driveways Monday morning. While Rese helps free speech, she says these racially charged flyers cross the road.

“I don’t view that as free speech because it’s hate. It’s obviously hate speech,” mentioned Rese.

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The anti-defamation league says there was a 50% improve of anti-Semitic incidents in Florida over the previous 12 months, rising from 127 to 190. Additionally, it has reported greater than 400 cases of white supremacist propaganda distributed across the state from January 2020 to August 2022.

The ADL has H.E.A.T. map detailing particular incidents. Jacksonville has a complete of eight incidents whereas Middleburg, St. John’s, Ponte Vedra and Palatka all have one every.

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center for 2021, six teams in Jacksonville are thought of hate teams, together with proud boys, 53 all through Florida.

Meanwhile, Clay County Sheriff Michelle Cook took to Facebook to sentence the flyers and mentioned her deputies are investigating.

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