Police Scotland investigates social media post depicting Maureen Lipman with antisemitic imagery
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Updated · BBC.com · May 4
Police Scotland investigates social media post depicting Maureen Lipman with antisemitic imagery
8 articles · Updated · BBC.com · May 4
The image, posted by the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign over her upcoming Aberdeen performance in Allegra, showed the Jewish actress with devil horns and a pitchfork.
Police said a report is being assessed and officers are liaising with partners while proactively engaging with the Jewish community.
Campaign Against Antisemitism called the depiction a longstanding trope, while Aberdeen Performing Arts said it backs no political cause and the touring show does not endorse performers' personal views.
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