Fliers For 2 KKK Groups Distributed In Moorestown: Report

MOORESTOWN, NJ — Two white supremacist groups were handing out fliers in Moorestown last year, according a new report from the Anti-Defamation League.

On Jan. 28, 2019, the Confederate Knights of America distributed fliers that read: "Proverbs 22.28 Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set" and "eternal vigilance is the price of freedom."

The second group made its presence felt more recently, and also had a presence in Cinnaminson.
The Loyal White Knights, one of about 35-40 groups that make up the Klu Klux Klan movement in the United States, was distributing recruitment flyers in the township as of Dec. 8, 2019, according to the report. They were found distributing flyers in Cinnaminson 10 days later, according to the report.

These incidents occurred two years after pro-KKK, racist and homophobic literature was found in the township. The Loyal White Knights name was also found on those flyers.

Members of the Loyal White Knights follow a version of Klan ideology infused with neo-Nazi beliefs, according to the group’s profile on the Anti-Defamation League’s website. Based in North Carolina, it is made up of about 100 members. It was founded in 2012.

The Confederate Knights of America is a group that dates back to the 1800s, but doesn't have as large a presence as other white supremacist groups do in 2019.

Statewide, the number of incidents involving potential hate, extremism and anti-Semitism dropped from 2018 to 2019, according to the report.

In 2019, there were 216 incidents of hate, extremism and anti-Semitism in 112 towns in New Jersey, according to the Anti-Defamation League.

The figure for 2019 decreased from the 452 incidents reported in New Jersey during 2018. But the incidents were no less concerning, the report says.

The list follows a similar report published last year by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which said 18 hate organizations are based in towns throughout the Garden State, and the number is rising. Read more: Hate Groups In NJ: Map Shows Rising Total Of Racist Organizations

The occurrences in New Jersey identified in the ADL report were among the 4,015 examples of extremist and anti-Semitic incidents that happened nationwide in 2019. The figure reported for 2019 is up almost 32 percent from the 3,052 incidents reported in 2018, according to the ADL.
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