Police investigating white supremacy flyers posted in Springfield, Ohio, with ties to KY city
Police are investigating white supremacy flyers posted recently in a few cities, including Springfield, Ohio, that direct potential recruits to a P.O. box in Maysville, Kentucky.
Flyers posted in Covington this past weekend criticized the city’s mayor for denouncing the white supremacy organization, and flyers posted in Springfield called for the “mass deportation” of immigrants and called Haitians as “beasts of the fields.”
Both flyers urged residents to contact an address in Maysville to join the Trinity White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
Maysville Police Chief Michael Palmer said his office is aware of the situation and that the P.O. box is an “active box” in their area. The city has contacted the FBI’s Louisville office for investigative support.
The flyers in Springfield came days after claims circulated on X, formerly known as Twitter, that Haitian immigrants were eating Springfield residents’ pets.
Former President Donald Trump echoed the claims at last week’s Presidential debate even as local and state officials in Ohio have said there is no evidence it’s happened. The city has seen a rash of threats in recent days.
In July, similar KKK recruitment flyers were posted in Lexington and Frankfort neighborhoods. It was not immediately clear if those flyers were printed and circulated by the same person or organization.
