KKK social media threat vows violence against Black Americans, police say
Police in North Carolina and Georgia and local NAACP leaders are investigating a social media threat that Ku Klux Klan white supremacists plan to attack Black Americans “from now until the Inauguration.”
KKK members from Lexington, North Carolina “are plotting against Blacks, especially black women because in their eyes, we are easy targets!” according to a post by a woman who said she learned of the threat from a friend in the Gwinnett County, Georgia, Sheriff’s Office.
At 6:17 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, the sheriff’s office said on Facebook that investigators learned of “a circulating text thread suggesting potential attacks on African American women ‘from now through the inauguration.’
“We have not received any information indicating threats to any group(s) on or after election day,” the sheriff’s office said.
Lexington Police were made aware of the threat “a few days ago,” city of Lexington spokesman Derwin Hargrave told The Charlotte Observer on Tuesday after a reporter contacted the department about the threat.
“We have not been able to confirm that it’s an actual threat, but we’re still remaining vigilant,” Hargrave said.
The Davidson County Chapter-Lexington Branch also is looking into the threat, president Charles Clark said Tuesday. “We just got that report in yesterday,” Clark said, adding he’s not clear whether it’s credible.
In their post Saturday, Gwinnett County sheriff’s investigators said:
“Hateful discourse such as this aims to instill fear in the community and disrupt us from exercising our constitutional rights. The Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office remains dedicated to protecting all citizens and we will continue to monitor and respond accordingly to all suspicious and threatening behavior.”
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