On Inauguration Day, several Kentucky cities reported receiving racist fliers allegedly from the Ku Klux Klan urging immigrants to 'leave now' and promoting mass deportation. The fliers depict a cartoon of Uncle Sam targeting a family, calling for monitoring and reporting immigrants. Authorities condemned the hate-filled messages, pledging to investigate and pursue criminal charges against the distributors. The timing, coinciding with Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Donald Trump's inauguration, raised concerns about escalating hate in the community, as officials stress such sentiments do not reflect local values.
"I've never seen anything like this," Bellevue Police Chief Jon McClain told The Washington Post on Tuesday. "It was kind of alarming for our community."
"This type of hateful garbage is loathsome and deplorable, does not represent the Fort Wright Community or the values of our businesses and residents..." said Fort Wright Mayor Dave Hatter.
The fliers... claim to be issued by a Ku Klux Klan group headquartered in Maysville, Kentucky, and advertise phone numbers for regional Klan 'realms' in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee.
The fliers were reported Monday in Bellevue, Ludlow and Fort Wright, small northern Kentucky cities... as the nation marked both Martin Luther King Jr. Day and the inauguration of President Donald Trump.
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