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Md. Jewish couple gets racist note after hanging Black Lives Matter banner
WASHINGTON — Rockville police are investigating a hate crime after a Jewish couple received a handwritten letter, containing symbols similar to badges Nazis forced Jews to wear during the Holocaust — a yellow Star of David and the word “Jude,” which is German for Jew.
Yet the police initially said they didn’t believe the note was anti-Semitic.
Mikey Franklin told WTOP he and his wife, Sonya, found the note on their windshield Saturday morning.
“These are horrifying symbols of anti-Semitism and racist oppression that should long ago have been consigned to the dustbin,” said Franklin.
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