Hanover County,
VA—More than one dozen
Mechanicsville residents woke up Sunday to find a message left in their driveways by the Ku Klux
Klan overnight.
Flyers printed with images of a hooded figure and the words "The
KKK Wants You!" were left at the end of some residents' driveways. The flyers
say neighbors can "sleep in peace knowing the Klan is on the prowl."
Neighborhood resident Theodore Olson collected a handful of
the flyers from driveways along his street, and kept them in the plastic bags
they were cased within before calling police.
"If something happens to my neighbor the next day, I want to
be able to give something to the forensic people to follow up on," explained
Olson.
Police told Olson since the group didn't break the law,
there was nothing they could do.
Other residents say they were shocked to find the flyers at
their homes, and scared about the Klan being on the "prowl."
"The
note we got looked a little smaller than a 3X5 card, with a cross on it and a
hooded figure on it…[it] was dropped off right at the end of our driveway," Alex Markey
told us. ""These people are out to harm people. More than harm. More than
beat up, more than jump. They're out to kill them for no other reason than
their race."
Theodore Olso views the
situation as an opportunity to look out for the folks next door, and to
preserve a sense of safety in his neighborhood.
"I'm not going to
stand by while someone intimidates someone else, you know. It's no different
than my grandmother being bullied."
Copyright 2012 by Young Broadcasting of Richmond
