Thursday, Loudoun County, Va. residents noticed one thing fairly disturbing on their time off: a flyer with white supremacist propaganda. In keeping with Fox 5 DC, authorities are searching for tips about who distributed the flyers however have an concept that the culprits are associated to the Ku Klux Klan.
About 50 flyers have been discovered within the driveways of properties, connected to a bag of birdseed with an obvious “warning” and phrases “100% Americanism” and “Pray for White People” written on the underside. Different items of the flyer have been censored by native information websites. The Loudoun County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned there’s no indication the households who obtained flyers have been targeted. Nevertheless, they have been addressed from the Loyal White Knights, the most important and most energetic hate group associated to the KKK, in keeping with the Anti-Defamation League.
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In a 2018 ADL report, they discovered Knights have been “working within the shadows” of the white supremacist motion however are recognized for asserting their presence by way of racist, anti-semitic and everything-phobic propaganda. They’ve about 100 members. That won’t appear to be rather a lot however anybody who praises the white hood and burning cross is more likely to recruit extra individuals to hop on the hate practice.
In reality, that’s what the birdseed filler implied. In keeping with the Washington Post, VA residents obtained related packages outdoors their properties in 2017 and 2018 as part of a KKK recruiting marketing campaign. The final time state residents noticed these was across the identical time of 12 months: Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
This county appears to be polluted with racism apart from KKK shenanigans, truly. That is the newest of a string of racist occasions to occur to residents.
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The distribution comes on the heels of a number of discoveries of antisemitic and racist graffiti within the final month round Loudoun together with at faculties, and in a single case, at a shopping center in South Driving. After the South Driving incident, Loudoun Interfaith BRIDGES, a coalition of space spiritual teams, held an anti-racist rally on the middle. The Rev. David Milam, Loudoun Interfaith government director, mentioned on Thursday that it’s unhappy that the KKK leaf letting has turn into an annual prevalence.
“I do know it’s supposed to be intimidating,” he mentioned. “I feel the response to that’s, we’re not intimidated.”
It’s unclear what’s going to occur to the LWK in the event that they’re apprehended for the flyers. To cowl their asses, they cited Hague v Committee for Industrial Group on the backside of the flyer, a ruling that defended the First Modification rights to free speech and gathering.
Sadly, they’ve some extent. Varied types of racist language are protected by the Structure.
If one thing or noticed one thing, contact the LCSO at 703-777-1021.
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