Police in a Texas community are investigating after bags of candy were found strewn across front lawns – bags which upon closer inspection were found to contain KKK recruitment flyers.
According to police in Texas City, TX, at least 17 plastic bags were found across front lawns on Tuesday, after police believe they were distributed Monday night. Each one contains several pieces of candy including Skittles, chocolate bars, and gum balls.
However, residents soon learned the bags also contained recruitment material for the Ku Klux Klan.
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“It makes me physically sick to think these people were in my neighbourhood and on my property where my children play,” Marvel Bliss, who lives on 27th Avenue North in Texas City, told KPRC-2 News in Houston. “I’ve been here four years and we’ve never had something like this happen.”
The flyer encourages “Loyal White Knights” to “Say No to Cultural Genocide.” Another flyer contains a dire warning: “Join the best or die like the rest.”
“I can understand freedom of speech and all that, but when you put something in somebody’s driveway talking about “Join the best group or die like the rest,” that’s a threat to me,” Christopher Morris, another Texas City resident, told KHOU News.
The Texas City Police Department is promising a full investigation into the flyers and their origin.