Homeowners in a Rockdale County neighborhood are expressing outrage over recruitment flyers dropped on their yards and driveways calling for volunteers to join the Ku Klux Klan.
"It's terrible. It upsets me because I don’t look at color." said resident Cynthia Hospodarsky.
More than 100 flyers, promoting hatred toward black and homosexuals, were distributed in the Cedar Lake Drive area of Rockdale County late Sunday night. Investigators are seeking security camera video in hopes of identifying who dropped the flyers.
"It's very disturbing to me personally. We are going to try to identify this individual or individuals to at least see why they did this." said Rockdale County Sheriff Eric Levitt.
The sheriff said he is exploring whether those responsible could face misdemeanor charges, including trespassing and littering. He believes the goal was to exploit the shooting massacre in an African American church in Charleston, South Carolina that left nine dead.
"I don't think they have a heart if they are using the tragedy in Charleston, South Carolina for any personal gain. Or even if this was a prank, this is nothing to use as a joke," said Levitt.
The flyers, stuffed into zip lock bags with a piece of candy, also were left on cars at a shopping center. The Southe Poverty Law Center, a civil rights advocacy organization, said similar flyers where left in neighborhoods in other southe states, including Alabama.
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