Banner saying 'Kanye is right' hung over Los Angeles freeway - NBC News

An antisemitic hatred radical was down a banner hung implicit a engaged Los Angeles freeway connected Saturday saying “Kanye is close astir the Jews,” watchdog groups said, aft Ye, formerly known arsenic Kanye West, made a drawstring of antisemitic comments successful caller weeks.

A fig of radical could beryllium seen raising their arms successful a Nazi salute arsenic they stood down the banner and different motion that read: "Honk if you know." A 3rd banner promoted a video level that streams antisemitic contented operated by the Goyim Defense League, a web of antisemitic conspiracy theorists.

StopAntisemitism.org, a non-profit radical dedicated to documenting antisemitic behaviour said the GDL was liable for hanging the banners supra Interstate 405.

The Anti-Defamation League successful Southern California said successful a tweet that the radical liable for the banner was "known for espousing vitriolic #antisemitism and achromatic supremacist ideology."

"Hate has nary spot successful Los Angeles oregon elsewhere and these attempts volition not disagreement us," it said.

A fig of precocious illustration figures spoke retired implicit the play against the caller emergence successful antisemitic discourse.

Kim Kardashian, Ye's ex-wife, tweeted connected Monday: "Hate code is ne'er OK oregon excusable. I basal unneurotic with the Jewish assemblage and telephone connected the unspeakable unit and hateful rhetoric towards them to travel to an contiguous end."

Reese Witherspoon wrote successful a tweet Sunday night: "Anti-semitism successful immoderate signifier is deplorable. In person. Online. Doesn’t substance where. It’s hatred and it’s unacceptable."

"Completely recognize wherefore my Jewish friends/ colleagues are frightened for their families. This is simply a precise scary time," she said.

Comedian and histrion Amy Schumer said successful an Instagram post: "I enactment my Jewish friends and the Jewish people."

Political leaders besides condemned the incidental with the banner and the illustration acceptable by Ye.

"L.A. is simply a metropolis of belonging, not hate," L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti wrote successful a tweet condemning "this weekend’s antisemitic incidents."

"Jewish Angelenos should ever consciousness safe," helium said. "There is nary spot for favoritism oregon prejudice successful Los Angeles. And we volition ne'er backmost down from the combat to exposure and destruct it."

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said helium was besides "horrified by the vile antisemitism connected show successful L.A. this weekend."

"Tragically it shows the powerfulness immoderate clasp to amplify hateful language, and however rapidly they tin transportation others to explicit their ain bigotry," helium said, appearing to notation Ye's caller comments, without naming the rapper outright. "We indispensable condemn hatred wherever we spot it — instantly and forcefully."

The incidental comes aft Ye, who has been vocal astir his difficulties with intelligence wellness and has a past of posting erratically online, made a fig of antisemitic comments connected societal media, resulting successful the rapper seeing his Twitter and Instagram accounts temporarily restricted.

The endowment bureau CAA confirmed to NBC News connected Monday it has stopped representing Ye arsenic a lawsuit wrong the past month, but did not specify if the determination was arsenic a effect of the comments.

Producers of online speech amusement "The Shop" besides pulled an occurrence featuring the rapper aft they said helium utilized "hate code and highly unsafe stereotypes" during the taping.

As the rapper faced mounting backlash implicit his comments, it was announced past week that Ye had agreed to get the conservative-oriented societal media app Parler.

Parlement Technologies, the genitor institution of Parler, announced past Monday it had "entered into an statement successful rule to merchantability Parler” to Ye, who it said was “taking a bold stance against his caller censorship from Big Tech.”

NBC News has contacted a typical for Ye for comment.

The ADL has warned that "extremists crossed the ideological spectrum," including members of the GDL, person been embracing Ye's antisemitic statements and celebrating quality of his plans to get Parler.

In summation to Saturday's incident, the ADL said the GDL was besides attempting to "capitalize connected Ye's comments by targeting the Black assemblage with their propaganda and seeking to person Black radical that Jews are a cosmopolitan enemy."

The ADL said members of the group's Telegram chat were seen discussing caller initiatives related to Ye's comments, including creating fliers blaming Jewish radical for the Atlantic enslaved trade, portion immoderate members claimed to person specifically targeted Black neighborhoods during caller propaganda distributions.

The Los Angeles and Beverly Hills constabulary departments said they were investigating antisemitic fliers that were distributed successful Beverly Hills, according to The L.A. Times. It is unclear if they were related to Saturday’s incident. The constabulary departments did not instantly respond to an overnight petition for much information.