Chicago police issued a community alert Monday after a series of antisemitic phrases were left on property in Hyde Park last month.
Between June 23 and June 30, stickers or graffiti with antisemitic phrases were left on various properties — including a mailbox, stop sign, lockers and an emergency bell — in the South Side neighborhood, police said.
The criminal damages to property took place on the 5100 block of South University Avenue, 1200 and 1300 block of East 53rd Street, 1300 block of East 54th Street and 1500 block of East 55th Street, police said.
The alert comes after swastikas were painted on several buildings and one building was tagged a second time with a pro-immigration enforcement statement in Little Village over the weekend.
In June, a woman defaced a Pilsen mural at 16th Street and Ashland Avenue and was accused of attacking another woman who tried to stop her. That mural depicted solidarity between a Mexican and a Palestinian man.
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