Denver, CO, October 18, 2021 …The Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Region condemns the hateful graffiti spray painted at a Denver public high school over the weekend. George Washington High School was targeted with extensive graffiti vandalism that was first reported on Sat., Oct. 16, according to a statement released by school administrators. The graffiti includes antisemitic comments, swastikas, homophobic statements, as

  Hate crime reports were the highest in 30 years and surpassed a record set in 1992, according to the FBI’s 2020 hate crime report DENVER, CO, August 31, 2021 … The number of reported hate crimes in Colorado in 2020 were the highest number ever recorded in a single year for the state, surging by nearly 34 percent between

  Denver, CO, August 19, 2021 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Mountain States Region welcomed the arrests today of four suspects accused of fatally shooting a yeshiva student in Denver late Tuesday. Police reports indicate the killing was part of a larger crime spree the suspects allegedly committed across the city on Tuesday.   “We commend the Denver Police Department

Denver, CO, May 13, 2021 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Mountain States Region expressed shock and deep concern over reports that a University of New Mexico student was allegedly targeted due to his Jewish identity and assaulted by a group of individuals at a party on May 7 in Albuquerque. The student sustained physical injuries and was treated at a

  Incidents targeting Jews in Colorado and New Mexico remained elevated, with incidents in Colorado reaching the second-highest level in the last 10 years, according to ADL report   Denver, CO, April 27, 2021 … Antisemitic incidents remained at a historically high level across the United States in 2020, with a total of 2,024 incidents of assault, harassment and vandalism