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The KKK Is Dropping 'Kool Kids' Klub' Flyers in Upstate New York

The flyers, advertising an upcoming Klan rally, were dropped into bags with kitty litter on Northville lawns last weekend.
Image via the Sheriff's Office Facebook

The KKK has been dropping promotional flyers around Northville, New York, complete with a free scoop of kitty litter, according the Fulton County Sheriff's office.

The sheriff's office posted photos of the baggies of litter and promotional materials on Facebook Saturday. The flyers—which are folded up inside the bags—call the white supremacist hate group the "Kool Kids' Klub," reportedly speak out against a supposed "cultural genocide of white people," and promote an upcoming Klan rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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"Please be aware that there are individuals going around representing themselves as members of the KKK," the sheriff's office writes. "Recent activity has them in Northville over night where they are leaving small bags containing informational pamphlets and kitty litter. This is NOT harmful and can be thrown out."

The sheriff's office is asking for the community's help to locate those responsible for leaving the flyers and the litter, which they've pointed out was likely not a complementary gift to win people over. "They are tossing them on lawns so we believe the cat litter is just used for weight," the sheriff's office says. "They could've at least given me enough litter for my cat box."

Similar KKK flyers popped up across other parts of the country over the weekend. A print-out targeting gay and interracial couples appeared in a Houston neighborhood, but with rocks instead of cat litter inside to add heft to the bundle. Another batch of KKK flyers that read "wake up Whitey!" was found in Alabama on Friday, AL.com reports.

The KKK rally advertised on the Northville flyers is set to take place near the statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee—which has become a gathering point for white nationalists recently—in Charlottesville on July 8. According to the Washington Post, Klan members in the state applied for the necessary permits earlier in June.