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Residents in S.C. town alarmed by distribution of KKK fliers

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Residents in a predominantly black South Carolina neighborhood say fliers have been distributed claiming to be from the Ku Klux Klan.

Local news outlets report the fliers from the Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan showed up last week in a community in North Charleston.

The flier reads, "Neighborhood Watch. You can sleep tonight knowing the Klan is awake." It includes a sketch of a hooded Klansman and a finger pointed toward the reader.

Waylyn Neighborhood Association president Jesse Williams told CBS News affiliate WCSC residents in his neighborhood found fliers on their car windshields last Wednesday.

He said the community is meeting Wednesday evening to talk about the fliers showing up in the neighborhood.

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Frank Ancona, a representative from the Traditionalist American Knights, told WCSC the fliers can be printed from their website. However, they claim no member of their group is responsible for putting them on cars.

Still, Williams says neighbors have been unsettled since the fliers popped up. A police report has been filed with the North Charleston Police Department.

The neighborhood association has created their own fliers to counter the KKK's, which it will hand out at the Wednesday meeting. They read: "We say no to KKK" and "This community stands together against racism."

The fliers appeared less than three weeks after nine people were shot to death at a historic black church in nearby Charleston. Dylann Roof, a 21-year-old white man has been charged in the slayings.

North Charleston is also where Michael Slager, a white police officer was charged with the April 4 shooting death of a black man, Walter Scott. The shooting was caught on video by a witness, which aided in the bringing charges.

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