Press Releases

ADL Condemns Congresswoman Boebert’s reference to “Brown Shirts”

January 12, 2020…The Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Region expressed concern about reports that on December 26, U.S. Representative Lauren Boebert (R-CO) compared the efforts of Governor Jared Polis to Nazis when speaking on air to Colorado Springs radio host Jeff Crank on station KVOR.   ADL Mountain States Regional Director Scott Levin said:   We condemn Congresswoman Boebert’s provocative and

ADL CONDEMNS WHITE SUPREMACIST ACTIVITIES ALONG FRONT RANGE

DENVER, CO, December 6, 2020 … ADL condemns reports of white supremacist activity along Colorado’s Front Range over the weekend. White supremacist graffiti appeared in Colorado Spring’s Roswell Park on Saturday where sidewalks, signs and a brick wall were painted with anti-Jewish, anti-Black, and anti-LGBTQ slurs, as well as swastikas and the initials “KKK.” In Westminster, neighbors received flyers on

ADL Welcomes Hate Crime Plea in Plot to Blow Up Pueblo Synagogue

  Denver, CO, October 15, 2020 …The Anti-Defamation League Mountain States Region welcomed today’s announcement by the U.S. Department of Justice that Richard Holzer pleaded guilty to federal hate crime and explosive charges for plotting to blow up Temple Emanuel Synagogue in Pueblo. ADL Mountain States Regional Director Scott Levin issued the following statement: The news of a plot to blow