WHITE PLAINS, NY — Over the past several months there have been numerous incidents of stickers carrying white nationalist and white supremacist messages and promoting groups that support these beliefs placed in public spaces over the past months.
The stickers, attributed to Patriot Front in media reports, were observed in New Rochelle, Scarsdale, Sleepy Hollow, Tarrytown, White Plains and Yorktown.
The stickers were found in areas that are home to or frequented by racial and ethnic minorities.
“We strongly condemn these actions to the extent that they are intended to intimidate and cause fear in our communities,” said the Westchester County District Attorney in a statement.
“The Westchester County District Attorney’s Office and police departments around the county are working together to investigate these incidents and all incidents targeting people because of their race, religion, gender, sexual orientation or political beliefs.”
The Westchester County District Attorney is circulating images of two alleged perpetrators of one of these acts who were caught on camera in Sleepy Hollow.
They are asking members of the public who have information about the identity of these persons, to contact the Sleepy Hollow Police Department Detective Division at 914-631-0300.
The stickers say things like “White children are already a minority. Take back our future.”
In past months, Black Lives Matter signs on front lawns in Rochelle Heights have been reportedly stolen.
WNBC report on New Rochelle in September 2020:
Then the neighbors started seeing more and more stickers, approximately a total of 40-50, with white supremacy messages and a web address to a hate group. The “atrocious” messages were found all around the tennis court, street signs, lamp posts and mailboxes, said another resident, Jodi Lucena-Pichardo, who stood with nearly 30 other concerned neighbors.
The statement was issued by DA Mimi Rocah, New Rochelle Deputy Police Commissioner Robert Gazzola, Scarsdale Police Chief Andrew Matturro, Sleepy Hollow Police Chief Anthony Bueti, Tarrytown Police Chief John Barbelet, White Plains Police Chief Joseph Castelli and Yorktown Police Chief Robert Noble.