KKK Fliers In Glen Burnie Latest Racist Act Police Investigating

GLEN BURNIE, MD — Anne Arundel County Police are trying to determine who left what investigators describe as KKK propaganda fliers in some Glen Burnie yards on Nov. 10. Lt. Ryan Frashure says no specific person seems to have been a target of the racist materials, which were left at 30 to 40 homes or yards. A resident walking their dog spotted the fliers just before noon near Dorchester Road and Washington Avenue and called police.

So far there is no indication why the fliers were put in the area. Police have no suspect, but Homeland Security detectives will try to identify the persons responsible, Frashure said.

Detectives are not releasing the flier yet, but it can be described as KKK propaganda, he said.

On Monday afternoon, Nov. 12, authorities received yet another report of KKK fliers being distributed, this time in a Lothian neighborhood. No threat was made, so the act is offensive, but not criminal, police said.

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These are the most recent in a string of race-related threats made in the county. A toilet paper noose was left Nov. 1 in a boys' bathroom stall at Chesapeake Bay Middle School in Pasadena. School officials removed the noose and contacted the Anne Arundel County police.

Principal Michael Dunn told parents he was "completely and utterly disgusted that this happened," Fox5 reported.

The Nov. 1 incident follows a similar incident last spring at Chesapeake High School, where a noose and Confederate flag were found in a student's pickup truck, according to the TV station. The high school is one block from Chesapeake Bay Middle School.

Nearly two weeks ago, a message threatening black students was discovered at Chesapeake High, according to the Capital Gazette.

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And two men were charged with hanging a noose from the roof of Crofton Middle School in May 2017. John Havermann of Pasadena was convicted in January 2017 of trespassing, disturbing school operations and conspiracy to disturb school operations, but found not guilty of a hate crime.

His attorney successfully argued that the wording of Maryland's hate crime law requires one specific person to be targeted, not a group. Without a specific victim named in the case, Havermann was not guilty, his lawyer says, while prosecutors call that argument "absurd."

Also charged in that incident was Conner Charles Prout, who pleaded guilty to a charge of race/religious belief — harass/commit a crime in October 2017 and was sentenced to 120 hours of community service to be completed under the direction of the Anne Arundel County NAACP.

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