Anti-Semitic flyer distributed

Retorts Jim Tortolano

Includes attacks on the LGBTQ+ community, too

If people from a certain faith are leaders in advocating for equal rights for all Americans, that’s to their credit.

However, the pentagram – often associated with witches and Satanism – on the flyer underlines the flyer’s real intent.

There have always been bigots who try to breathe some life into long-discredited slurs against minority groups. And. yes, some of them may have a Huntington Beach address.

But while we condemn such applesauce, let’s remember that Huntington Beach is a city of about 200,000 people. There are liberals and there are conservatives. There are the open-hearted and the close-minded.

But judging by the group – as well as the race, religion or favorite band – is sloppy thinking. Take people, one at a time. Do that and bigotry of any kind would have no soil in which to grow … there being no manure, such as is contained in that flyer.

An anti-Semitic incident took place in Huntington Beach in which a color paper flyer was distributed to homes in the southeast area of the city on Wednesday morning.

The flyer carried the headline “Every Single Aspect of the LGBTQ+ Movement is Jewish.”

To the left of the headline is a

Star of David; to the right is a pentagram, often associated with Satanism, as well as an image of a devil.

Most of the flyer contained photos of gay and transgender activists with a blue Cross of David imposed on their foreheads.

“I am appalled to hear that a small number of unfortunate residents within one of our HB neighborhoods received hateful messaging and propaganda this morning,” said Mayor Tony Strickland in a statement.

“The messaging contained

Man with hatchet killed in confrontation with deputies

A hatchet-wielding suspect was fatally shot in Midway City by an Orange County Sheriff’s deputy or deputies in the pre-dawn hours of Wednesday.

According to the OCSD, the incident took place in the 14000 block of Van Buren Street. Deputies were dispatched to that location at 4:54 a.m. regarding a report of vehicular vandalism and residential burglary. They located a suspect holding a hatchet standing on a sidewalk near a house. Deputies say the suspect – identified initially only as an Asian man –advanced toward them, still armed with the weapon and the shooting occurred.

Deputies and Orange County Fire Authority firefighter paramedics rendered aid but the suspect was declared deceased at the scene. The hatchet was recovered at the scene. The identity of the suspect is being withheld pending official notification and next-of-kin notification by the Orange County Coroner.

within these flyers is completely unacceptable and does not reflect the values or ideas we believe here in Huntington Beach.” He urged anyone with information about the incident to call the HBPD at (714) 9608811.

Kim Carr, who preceded Strickland as mayor, wrote in a tweet, “Huntington Mayor Strickland …have you seen this? This hate incident is another example of your failure to lead. We shouldn’t be surprised.”