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Ku Klux Klan business cards
[Humorous video at link; United Northern and Southern Knights of the KKK strike again]
Ku Klux Klan business cards
Indianapolis - Some unwelcomed visitors left shocking business cards in several neighborhoods over the weekend.
Concerned homeowners called police about what they describe as a message from the Ku Klux Klan. They found the notes in Mailboxes and in yards near 33rd & Guilford, 34th and Delaware and as far north as the 7400 block of Evanston Avenue.
Theida Woods showed Eyewitness News where she found a disturbing business card in her front yard.
Someone claiming to be part of the Ku Klux Klan left the card on her property and left Woods feeling uneasy.
"Kind of nervous because I don't know if they are going to come and burn a cross or what," said Woods.
Woods realized she wasn't the only victim when she learned several of her neighbors on Guilford found the same cards. One of them even spotted someone outside their home around 3:00 a.m. Saturday.
"Everybody has one on this side. My neighbor says she saw them. It was a car load of white guys, and she said three of them got out and walked up and down the street passing the cards out," Woods said.
The card contains print on both sides. The front of the card reads "We are watching over you while you sleep," and the back reads, "YOU'VE BEEN VISITED BY THE KLU KLUX KLAN."
People in Jim Dougan's neighborhood got the cards too, and many of his neighbors share his reaction.
"I was surprised. I was shocked," he said.
He too is appalled by what happened and says their grammatical error on the card says even more.
"If someone is focusing on hate, maybe they have neglected the finer points of their education," said Dougan.
Theida Woods agrees. "That shows you how ignorant they are."
The cards were left in neighborhoods ranging from 33rd and Guilford to as far north as 75th and Evanston Avenue.
Despite the Klan claiming their protection, people aren't comfortable about it.
"It's not a comfort. I can't see them protecting me," Woods said.
Dougan agrees. "We don't need their protection. We have the police department. They've done a fine job."
Although the card distributors made no outright threats to anyone, some of the people they left cards for wanted police to know just in case.
Police are concerned about the group's intentions, so their actions are under investigation.
[Humorous video at link; United Northern and Southern Knights of the KKK strike again]
Ku Klux Klan business cards
Indianapolis - Some unwelcomed visitors left shocking business cards in several neighborhoods over the weekend.
Concerned homeowners called police about what they describe as a message from the Ku Klux Klan. They found the notes in Mailboxes and in yards near 33rd & Guilford, 34th and Delaware and as far north as the 7400 block of Evanston Avenue.
Theida Woods showed Eyewitness News where she found a disturbing business card in her front yard.
Someone claiming to be part of the Ku Klux Klan left the card on her property and left Woods feeling uneasy.
"Kind of nervous because I don't know if they are going to come and burn a cross or what," said Woods.
Woods realized she wasn't the only victim when she learned several of her neighbors on Guilford found the same cards. One of them even spotted someone outside their home around 3:00 a.m. Saturday.
"Everybody has one on this side. My neighbor says she saw them. It was a car load of white guys, and she said three of them got out and walked up and down the street passing the cards out," Woods said.
The card contains print on both sides. The front of the card reads "We are watching over you while you sleep," and the back reads, "YOU'VE BEEN VISITED BY THE KLU KLUX KLAN."
People in Jim Dougan's neighborhood got the cards too, and many of his neighbors share his reaction.
"I was surprised. I was shocked," he said.
He too is appalled by what happened and says their grammatical error on the card says even more.
"If someone is focusing on hate, maybe they have neglected the finer points of their education," said Dougan.
Theida Woods agrees. "That shows you how ignorant they are."
The cards were left in neighborhoods ranging from 33rd and Guilford to as far north as 75th and Evanston Avenue.
Despite the Klan claiming their protection, people aren't comfortable about it.
"It's not a comfort. I can't see them protecting me," Woods said.
Dougan agrees. "We don't need their protection. We have the police department. They've done a fine job."
Although the card distributors made no outright threats to anyone, some of the people they left cards for wanted police to know just in case.
Police are concerned about the group's intentions, so their actions are under investigation.