About 15,000 were sent to camps and at least half were killed. Under Adolf Hitler, Nazis systematically murdered 6 million Jews during World War II. “This is just another example of people trying to demonize the LGBTQ community and Jewish people,” Carpenter said. “Swastikas have also become a symbol of white supremacy and the far right, and actions like this disproportionately impact people of color in the LGBTQ community,” said Laura Carpenter, executive director of Identity Inc., a statewide LGBTQ+ organization headquartered in Anchorage, not too far from Mad Myrna’s. But in Washington state last October, similar stickers were placed on several businesses in Bellingham, the Bellingham Herald reported at the time. Thim said to his knowledge, these were the first reports of such stickers showing up in Anchorage. “If, in the course of the local investigation, information comes to light of a potential federal civil rights violation, the FBI is prepared to investigate,” she said in an email to the AP. Spokesperson Chloe Martin said the Anchorage FBI office is in regular contact with Anchorage police. And we’re going to investigate it and figure out what this is all about.” “And we’re not going to stand for it, and there’s no place for it.
“What that sticker symbolizes is hate,” Anchorage police spokesperson MJ Thim told The Associated Press.
