Klu Klux Klan flyers left with candy in suspected effort to recruit children in New York [View all]
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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