KKK literature, candy resurfaces across Alabama county
Published 2:30 pm Tuesday, December 8, 2015
- Ku Klux Klan flyers resurfaced across Cullman County over the weekend, with messages asking residents to join the white supremacist group to fight the spread of Islam in the U.S. The new flyers come just a few months after similar KKK literature with the slogan “Our Race is Our Nation” and candy, seen here, was distributed across the county in September.
CULLMAN COUNTY, Ala. — Ku Klux Klan (KKK) flyers resurfaced across a Northern Alabama county over the weekend, with messages asking residents to join the white supremacist group to fight the spread of Islam in the U.S.
Plastic bags containing the paper flyers and rocks were thrown in residents’ driveways and yards in the towns of West Point and Hanceville, as well as other nearby communities sometime overnight Friday and Saturday, officials said. The new flyers come just a few months after similar KKK literature with the slogan “Our Race is Our Nation” and candy was distributed across the county in September.
Earlier this year, KKK propaganda sightings in North Carolina and most notably in parts of California were also reported.
Both sets of flyers urge residents to contact the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, which is based in Pelham, North Carolina. The group describes itself as “white Christian men and women working to secure a future, for pure white Americans.” The Southern Poverty Law Center, headquartered in Montgomery, Alabama, lists the organization as an active hate group.
West Point, Alabama Mayor Kenneth Kilgo said most of the flyers were dropped off at homes on the north side of Alabama 157, and he contacted the Cullman County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) to find out what could be done about the leaflets.
“The only thing they could get somebody with is littering,” Kilgo said. “It’s a pretty chicken thing to do, to throw these out when no one is at home. There’s no place for this garbage in West Point. It’s unacceptable. We have a diverse community with different races and nationalities. We’ve moved past this, and it would be a mistake to go back.”
Kilgo encouraged residents to keep an eye out for anyone distributing the flyers and to contact the CCSO with vehicle descriptions and any other identifying information.
Owens writes for The Cullman (Alabama) Times.
