“Suspicious” packages dropped off along N. Smokerise Way in Mount Pleasant earlier this week were deemed to be non-explosive, according to a Charleston County Sheriff’s Office Deputy.
Upon further investigation by the Mount Pleasant Police Department (MPPD), “every single doorway [along a particular stretch of N. Smokerse Way] appeared to contain one of these packages,” police said.
A corresponding police incident report goes on to say that the packages consisted of small Ziploc bags stuffed with antisemitic propaganda flyers and conspiracy theories. The packs were weighed down with smoker pellets used in barbecuing food.
The mysterious boxes, police noted, also included the following message: “These flyers were distributed randomly, without malicious intent.”
The Jewish advocacy group StopAntisemitism has been tracking the activities of those responsible - the Goyim Defense League’ or ‘GDL’ for nearly five years and state they vilify Jews with their premeditated hate campaigns.
Officers at the scene proceeded to collect and discard all the dropped-off materials.
A Lindner Lane resident reportedly furnished cops with a Ring video of an individual in a black sedan unloading the packages and placing them on people’s doorsteps.
Similar packages were found in other Mount Pleasant neighborhoods, including: Rivertowne, Planters Pointe, Bees Crossing, Fulton Hall, Ivy Hall and the Colonnade residential complex.
In total, police gathered about 500 of these boxes.