Signs supporting Israel stolen in Skokie, prompting hate crime invest…

Police in north suburban Skokie opened a hate crime investigation after a number of “We Stand With Israel” signs were vandalized or stolen outside at least eight homes early on Friday morning.

“Just complete anger, complete helplessness, disgust, sadness,” said Annie Warsaw, resident.

Annie Warsaw moved into the Devonshire neighborhood four years ago and said many of the families are Jewish.

“We have family in Israel, we all know folks in Israel, we are devastated about what is going on in Israel,” she said. “This is not about Israel; this is about hating Jews and being anti-Semitic.”

Ring doorbell video shared with NBC Chicago shows three people running. Neighbors said you can see one of the individuals yanking the sign from outside a family’s home.

“We learned it was every single block within our neighborhood that ran north to south,” she said.

Skokie police told NBC Chicago incidents have been reported at around eight locations, all in…