Dallas police investigating antisemitic graffiti found outside Dallas city councilmember's home

DALLAS - Dallas police are investigating antisemitic graffiti found outside Dallas City Councilmember Cara Mendelsohn's North Dallas home.

Mendelsohn, who is Jewish, shared photos from outside her Dallas home on Saturday morning.

"Baby Killer" was spray-painted on the fence in red along with red triangles that are associated with Palestinian resistance.

Mendelsohn also said a pile of rocks, bricks and fake dead babies were left outside of her home.

The councilwoman says there was spray painting on a fence in her district last week.

"It's unimaginable to me how our country has changed in the last 40 years. Folks, you're going to need to stop sitting on the sidelines thinking everything will be ok. Things are not ok," Mendelsohn posted on social media.

Mendelsohn posted the photos in response to the Stand Up to Jewish Hate Super Bowl ad which featured a home spray-painted with antisemitic language.

"I fully support everyone’s right to speak up, have a voice, protest. But there is a big difference between that and criminal activity," she told reporters before a Monday council meeting.

The councilwoman said her grandparents, who came from Poland, told her that one day she could be a victim to hateful messages. She still never thought it would happen to her. 

"When I saw it, I will say my heart sunk," she said. "I said, ‘Maybe they are right.’ I was too naive."

Mendelson said police and federal law enforcement are looking into threats and harassment targeting her family.

Dallas PD did not give any details about the investigation, and the FBI referred FOX 4 back to DPD.

Mendelsohn said this was not the first incident.

"There was spray painting on a fence in my district last week. It wasn’t as severe as in front of my house," she said.

Dallas City Council has addressed the Israeli-Palestinian violence, and there have been protests in council chambers. 

Last October, the council passed a resolution supporting Israel. Protesters have called for a similar resolution supporting a cease-fire.

The city councilmember has been public about her support for Israel in the ongoing war against Hamas. 

While Mendelsohn calls the incident at her home unfortunate, she said the community has been supportive. 

"I am so blessed to have fabulous neighbors and a community who have been supportive of me, but this is part of our world now," she said. "That’s the heartwarming part, I guess. But not really sure we should have to go through criminal activity to get there."

Hate crime data is not readily available on the public Dallas Police Department crime dashboard. 

FOX 4 contacted the police department for that information, and they said we would need to file a public records request.