OCEANSIDE, N.Y. (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) -- Police released surveillance images Tuesday of a vehicle in connection with antisemitic flyers found in several Long Island communities over the past week.
The footage from Nassau County police shows a white 2009-2010 Toyota Prius whose occupant may be behind hateful flyers found in Oceanside and Rockville Centre.
Residents of multiple neighborhoods told detectives that they found clear plastic bags on their front lawns with the anti-Jewish flyers inside.
The leaflets were also found by residents of Long Beach, although it’s unclear if police believe the vehicle is connected to those flyers too.
The conspiracy-laden flyers talk of a “COVID agenda” and “world domination” and list Jewish people in media, banking, medicine and government, according to officials.
Nassau police believe someone in the Prius may be involved because the vehicle was seen in the areas where the flyers have been distributed.
Nassau Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said Monday that around 30 homeowners, many of them Jewish, received the flyers. He said the actual number is likely higher.
“It's not accepted here in this county,” Ryder said. “And we're going to do everything we can to make sure that there’s an arrest at the end of the day.”
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The culprit is believed to be part of a loose network of antisemitic conspiracy theorists who troll the internet and drop flyers in communities all across the country. Typically, they argue what they’re doing is protected free speech.
Police and officials like Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman consider it to be harassment and a potential hate crime.
“If it was a valid, free speech communication, why did these cowards do it in the middle of the night?” said Blakeman, who is the first Jewish county executive in Nassau. “Why don't they disclose who they are? They're like KKK, who used to wear hoods. They're nothing more than cowards. And we're going to stand up to those cowards.”
Detectives said anyone with potential info on the vehicle or the flyers can anonymously call 911 or Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS.
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