Anti-Semitic propaganda found in Highlands Ranch, Castle Rock

Incidents increasing

BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

When Terry Carhart found an anti-Semitic and anti-LGBTQ yer in his Highlands Ranch yard on March 4, he was disgusted. e yer was in a small plastic baggie weighed down with dry beans and, by Carhart’s observation, had been scattered in several yards in his neighborhood near Fox Creek Elementary School.

“I have an issue with someone who thinks that way driving around, passing out literature in my area,” Carhart, 64, said. “It’s nonsensical.”

Carhart felt compelled to report the yers to the Douglas County Sheri ’s O ce and the Anti-Defamation League because he has Jewish neighbors and worried about the messaging leading to harm.

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A report from the Anti-Defamation League released on March 8 found that 2022 had over 6,750 instances of white supremacist propaganda reported, the highest number of instances the organization has recorded.

“Any personal attacks, ad hominem attacks, I will not tolerate,” Laydon responded.

Chalk that up as one of the statements in the meeting that provided some hope that the dynamic on the board could change. Aside from a moment of back and forth between omas and Laydon over whether

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