Crime & Safety

Anti-Armenian Flyers Found In Beverly Hills: Police

Over 10 flyers containing anti-Armenian content were found around Beverly Hills Saturday morning.

Anti-Armenian flyers were found posted on poles around Wilshire Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard, according to Beverly Hills police.
Anti-Armenian flyers were found posted on poles around Wilshire Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard, according to Beverly Hills police. (Emily Rahhal/Patch)

BEVERLY HILLS, CA — Over 10 flyers containing anti-Armenian content were found around Beverly Hills Saturday morning, according to police.

A resident alerted police when they found an anti-Armenian flyer posted on a pole, according to Giovanni Trejo, public information officer for the Beverly Hills Police Department. Police collected over 10 similar flyers from the area around La Cienega Boulevard and Wilshire Boulevard, Trejo said.

It was not immediately clear when the flyers were distributed.

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Police continued to investigate Saturday morning but had no evidence of a crime committed, Trejo said.

Beverly Hills has seen many similar incidents recently, including anti-semitic flyers distributed around the city on four separate occasions since November. Most recently, around 25 anti-semitic flyers were found in the north end of the city.

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Trejo said the only similarity between Saturday's and earlier flyers is the medium.

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