KKK fliers found in NW Atlanta come as hateful acts at all-time high in US, group says

ATLANTA — Atlanta police say they’re investigating who left Ku Klux Klan flyers in a northwest Atlanta neighborhood.

The division is investigating to see if the flyers are an act to intimidate the neighborhood.

Channel 2′s Dave Huddleston spoke with a member of the Anti-Defamation League, a corporation that tracks anti-Semitic exercise, who says hateful acts within the U.S. are at an all-time excessive.

“We now have seen an unbelievable enhance, solely previously yr,” stated Randy Crohn with the Anti-Defamation League.

Crohn stated in 2021 assaults, harassment and vandalism in opposition to Jews jumped 34% from the earlier yr.

Greater than 2,700 instances of hatred like Ku Klux Klan flyers discovered Monday in a northwest Atlanta neighborhood have been reported.

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“We’ve seen a whole lot of fliers from a whole lot of, it’s actually been from white extremist hate teams which are placing them on the market for intimidation or recruiting functions for probably the most half,” Crohn stated.

The fliers say, “You may have been paid one other social go to by the Outdated Glory Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. We now have a darkish historical past right here and due to you a shiny future.”

On the backside of the fliers in daring letters, the phrases, “be warned,” are printed on the fliers.

Crohn informed Huddleston that if one thing like this seems at your house, you must report it to police.

“We wish you to face up and report it. Lots of people and a whole lot of marginalized teams are afraid,” Crohn stated.

Huddleston additionally talked with a Georgia State College professor who’s an skilled of monitoring hate and terrorism teams. He stated there are greater than 800 hate teams within the US.

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