As police look into whoever is chargeable for a snowman with antisemitic options in Westport over the weekend, a neighborhood church invited folks to return collectively in a present of kindness and neighborhood and construct their very own snowmen.
Saugatuck Congregational Church invited folks of all faiths to return collectively on Wednesday afternoon to construct snowmen on the entrance garden of the church.
“Each snowman represents another person standing up against hate,” in keeping with a Fb submit from the church.
Church board member Lindsey Clarke organized the occasion.
“We had to make a very loud statement to the community that we don’t stand for that,” Clarke stated.
Westport police stated a neighborhood rabbi contacted them on Sunday night time after somebody who was strolling within the Newman-Poses Protect on Sunday night time got here throughout the snowman.
The one that discovered it police that he took a photograph, then eliminated the antisemitic symbols.
Westport Police Division are investigating the incident and they’re asking anybody who is aware of who’s accountable incident to name them at (203)341-6000.
Additionally they ask folks to report incidents instantly so the police division to allow them to examine in a well timed method.
“This incident does not reflect the beliefs of our community. Westport strives to be a welcoming community, where everyone feels like they belong. I will continue to lead with that goal as my North Star and will work with the Police Department to ensure everyone feels safe and heard,” First Selectwoman Jennifer Tooker stated in a press release.
Contributors of Wednesday’s occasion constructed greater than a dozen snowmen. Members of the neighborhood who could not make the occasion have been welcome to return construct snowmen anytime.
