'Disgusting' anti-semitic sign put up in Stamford Hill to be taken down by police today
A 'disgusting' anti-semitic sign discovered on a north London lamp post earlier this week will be taken down later today after several complaints to the police.
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The triangular sign discovered in Stamford Hill – a traditonally Jewish area – resembles a Government road sign, but features the silhouette of a traditionally-dressed Orthodox Jewish man.
A member of the Jewish neighbourhood watch group reported the sign to police on Monday.
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Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott claimed the sign was “disgusting”.
Barry Bard, Supervisor at Stamford Hill Shomrim said: “The sign has caused a lot of concern amongst local Jewish residents, especially as it is in such close proximity to a Synagogue.
"The people of Stamford Hill are very sadly used to instances of anti-Semitic hate crime, but most of those times it will be verbal abuse or even assault.
"The person who planned [this sign] has obviously gone to an effort to cause alarm and distress to local people."
Labour MP for Tottenham, David Lammy also attacked the sign. In a tweet he said: "Despicable, nasty behaviour that has absolutely no place in our community."
Disgusting. Unacceptable. https://t.co/uym6OisBsl
— Diane Abbott MP (@HackneyAbbott) March 14, 2017
Hackney Council is expected to remove the “disgusting sign” early this morning.
A Shomrim study last year recorded 32 anti-Semitic incidents during a month-long study among Orthodox Jews living in the Stamford Hill area.
MP David Lammy slammed the sign as
Among those attacked was an eight-year-old boy who was beaten up on his way home and a woman who was confronted by a man giving a Nazi salute.
Sadiq Khan pledged to organise talks between police and the Neighbourhood Watch group following the report.