Venice, FL – Bags containing antisemitic messages were found at Venice houses over the weekend in an apparent string of flyers left at houses around the region recently.
“It’s disheartening to see there is an up-swelling of this kind of thing in this area,” said Jackie Mineo, a Venice resident who learned of the flyers over the weekend.
The Venice Police Department knows of more than 150 houses on the island of Venice where antisemitic flyers were dropped off.
One of the antisemitic flyers found at Venice houses this weekend included names of Walt Disney Company executives with Jewish by their name and Star of David symbols placed on their heads.
Capt. Eric Hill said similar flyers had been found throughout the region, including Sarasota, Siesta Key, Casey Key and Osprey.
“I knew exactly what kind of nonsense it was,” said Bob Hoffmeyer, who found a plastic bag in his driveway early Saturday.
The bag left at his house contained corn to weigh it down along with printed out pictures of Walt Disney Co. executives with the word Jewish next to their names and a Star of David digitally altered onto their heads.
The title of the message was “Every single aspect of Disney child grooming is Jewish.”
Hoffmeyer said there were several messages left at other houses down his street and one of his neighbors notified the Venice Police.
