'We can't let hate scare us': Edmonds vigil pushes back at hateful flyers [View all]

EDMONDS — More than 300 people gathered at Edmonds Methodist Church on Tuesday night for a candlelight vigil in response to hateful pamphlets dropped on cars in the neighborhood — an incident that’s now being investigated as a possible hate crime.

White-haired women greeted patrons at the door, offering candles, rainbow-colored ribbons and programs for the “We Side With Love” community vigil.

“We can’t let hate scare us,” said Marilyn Siecke, 79, who has attended United Methodist for 11 years. “We don’t care what color, age, sex, orientation you are — you’re a child of God, and we love you.”

On the morning of April 16, Edmonds police were dispatched to the 800 block of Brookmere Drive — just down the street from the church — for a report of flyers that had been left on cars. The two-sided, full-color, plastic-covered pamphlets included “graphic photos involving genitalia,” swastikas, other hate symbols and political memes that targeted the LGBTQ+ community, Edmonds police Cmdr. Josh McClure said.

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