Gainesville police release more details about antisemitic flyers distributed over weekend

Gainesville police released more information Wednesday about a series of antisemitic flyers that have been found in driveways and on people’s front doorsteps.

The department said on Saturday it responded to a home where a clear plastic bag filled with kernels of corn and a white sheet of paper promoting antisemitism was found.

A neighbor reported observing a black sedan with occupants wearing black face masks throwing the bags out of the car into driveways, a news release said.

A neighbor’s Ring camera captured a black vehicle slowly driving through the neighborhood Saturday afternoon around 3 p.m.

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The flyers feature small sheets of paper with a QR code next to an offensive drawing of what is intended to be a Jewish man. On the back are 17 questions, that ask who owns the media, censorship, slave trade, vaccines, the attack on guns, immigration, "the gay agenda," and "race mixing agenda." Each time, "Jews" is written as an answer.

Similar flyers have popped up in places as distant as suburban Boca Raton, Sarasota, Fort Myers, Fort Pierce, Vero Beach, Jacksonville and Orlando. National and local law enforcement agencies are investigating the incident.

Anyone with information is asked to contact GPD at 352-955-1818 or can remain anonymous by reporting tips to the Alachua County Crime Stoppers at www.stopcrime.tv.