Klu Klux Klan flyers left with candy in suspected effort to recruit children in New York
Children heading to school Friday morning in an upstate New York community found something curious at the end of their driveways: Ziploc bags filled with Klu Klux Klan recruitment flyers — and candy. An investigation ordered by New York's governor is now underway to determine who left the bags and any potential ties to hate crimes.
"They come between 4 and 6 in the morning so the candy bars and packets are at the end of the driveway when kids are getting on the school bus," Denise Szarek, a school board member in the town of Westmoreland told CNN.
"The community they hit was a mobile home park so there were a lot of kids in the area, and they hit on some of the side roads, too."
The Oneida County Sheriff's Office confirmed the dropped materials in a statement Friday, describing "printed information about the United Northern & Southern Knights of the Ku Klux Klan." That same day, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered state police to investigate the materials and organize a town hall to discuss local concerns, his office announced.
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