A statement from the Boulder City Council and city manager denouncing the attack on the Pearl Street Mall is drawing criticism — not for its contents but for whose name wasn’t signed at the bottom.

Taishya Adams’ name was absent from the Monday letter. That drew frustration from some in the community on social media.

Adams, though, has said she agreed with the vast majority of the statement. Her sticking point was that the statement included only antisemitism as a motivation for the attack and not anti-Zionism. The man accused of the attack, which injured 12 people, told investigators that he wanted “to kill all Zionist people.”

Adams also said she was traveling for work when the council was discussing the statement. Adams issued a statement clarifying her reasoning Tuesday and made public comments about the attack earlier on her LinkedIn profile.

“I’m disappointed that there was an unwillingness to somehow not include the other key motivator,” Adams told the Daily Camera prior to issuing her statement. “When we exclude all of the reasons and rationale provided for this horrific and unacceptable act of violence, we leave our city vulnerable because we haven’t told them the full truth.”

Antisemitism refers to hatred of the Jewish people, whereas anti-Zionism is a belief that the creation of the Jewish state of Israel was, in some way, unjust.

Essentially, Adams said she believes it was important to include that the man’s actions appear to be fueled by both antisemitism and anti-Zionism.

Adams also responded to a Facebook comment early Tuesday morning and said, “Sadly I fear we will continue to see more vigilante justice if we do not allow our systems and institutions to follow and enforce the rule of law equally.”

Her use of the phrase “vigilante justice” drew criticism.

Adams said she understood how that phrasing could be misconstrued.

“I wanted to make the distinction between (antisemitism and anti-Zionism) — vigilantes tend to be people who are responding to the lack of accountability and so if they’re not getting justice (from) the systems like the U.N. … or Congress or whatever, they take it into their own hands. And I am vehemently against vigilante-type people,” Adams said in an interview.

One Facebook comment from Elliot Fladen, a Superior-area resident who has spoken at past City Council meetings, took issue with Adams’ framing.

“This reads less like moral leadership and more like the rhetorical sleight of hand we saw when people responded to Black Lives Matter with ‘All Lives Matter,’ ” Fladen wrote. “Just as that deflection shifted attention from injustice against Black Americans, your objection shifts focus from an actual antisemitic attack in Boulder to your preferred narrative about Zionism. There is a time and place to debate Zionism. That time is not while victims of a politically motivated firebombing are still in the hospital.”

Adams reaffirmed her support for the Jewish community, recalling the many Jewish allies who supported the civil rights movement.

“They stood up for me and my ancestors when they could have been killed,” Adams said. “I’ll never forget that.”

A change.org petition calling for Adams’ recall was created Tuesday by Boulder-area resident Gavin Coulson, although the Boulder City Charter outlines a separate official process for recalls.

“I have been crystal clear on my support of the Jewish community. I’m never allowing acts of violence, even have made comments about the use of the word ‘Nazi’ to our fellow council members,” Adams said, referring to Tara Winer and Mark Wallach, who are Jewish, being called Zionazis — a portmanteau of Zionists and Nazis — by public commenters in past council meetings.

Adams has drawn ire from some in past council meetings for her support of the Palestinian people amid the Israel-Hamas war.