MASON CITY — Fliers promoting the Ku Klux Klan are being circulated in North Iowa communities.
The fliers promote a KKK website that is registered to
Douglas Sadler of Charles City.
Sadler could not be reached for comment Monday.
The flier states, “Don’t you think it’s time someone stood up for the white race? We do.
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The time for blind ignorance to what is going on in our country, cities and streets is over. It’s time to stand up and be proud of your beliefs and culture and not be afraid to show pride in your race.”
Quinn Symonds of Mason City said he noticed the fliers tacked to telephone poles while he was out with his daughther trick-or-treating in his home town of Rockwell Sunday night.
“There was one right near the school,” he said. “It’s kind of terrifying. Are they trying to recruit in small towns in Iowa? I grew up in Rockwell. We’re not that kind of people.”
Symonds said he’s glad his daughter isn’t old enough to understand the meaning of the flier.
“I’m all for free speech,” he said. “But should that apply to promoting hate?”
The flier was reported attached to a sign promoting a church soup supper in Rockford and was also distributed to some places in Mason City.
It ends with, “We must secure the existence of our people and future for our white children” and gives the KKK website,
www.fraternalwhiteknights.com - the site registered to Sadler.
Cerro Gordo County Sheriff Kevin Pals said he received only one concern from a citizen — a Rockwell resident who brought a flier to his office.
Mason City Police Chief Mike Lashbrook said the police department had received no complaints.
