Some Jacksonville, Florida residents claim they've found flyers with messages from the Ku Klux Klan the last several days. While active KKK flyers aren't new to the area, the message in the flyers are more violent and threatening.
Jacksonville's WFAA-8 reports that discussions from the NextDoor app say the flyers have shown up in at least four different neighborhoods throughout the city. John Rando, whose wife found one of the flyers described what his wife saw:
"My wife came out, and she saw this little rolled up piece of paper, picked it up and read it and went to me crying saying she couldn't believe what she was seeing."
One of the flyers sent threats toward black men who were caught "making eyes" at white women. "Notice to all N***ers: Any of you black apes caught 'making eyes' at a white girl will be beaten with bats and your mothers won't get anymo' bananas-That's a promise."
Another part of the flyer stated that the only "good Jew" is the one with a bullet hole through his head and says "He who fights the Jew fights the devil."
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office has confirmed that there is "active criminal investigation" taking place.
“As a law enforcement agency, when we respond to reports of these incidents, our job is to determine if there is an allegation of criminal activity being made or if any laws are being broken. If there is, our officers are trained to conduct further investigation. If there isn’t, we try to take the opportunity to explain to the complainant that the distribution of literature — no matter how offensive that literature is to some—is not in and of itself a crime.” said JSO Lt. Chris Brown, the head of the Public Information Unit.
Neighbors told WFAA-8 that they would like for the Klan to leave their neighborhood alone. "I know they've had problems with the KKK elsewhere and I hope we don't. It's pretty scary to me," said Karen Blakely, a resident of one of the neighborhoods flooded with flyers.
Rando just wants peace restored not only in his community but in the country. "I hope that the world can just get along and peacefully work together in unity for America's sake."
