Neo-Nazi Group's Stickers Posted Around Peekskill

PEEKSKILL, NY — Someone posted stickers from a white supremacist group called Patriot Front in at least two locations in Peekskill. On Sunday, Mayor Andre Rainey, state Sen. Pete Harckham, and numerous Hudson Valley elected officials and leaders will denounce the stickers and the group named on them at a press conference.

The event will be held at 9:30 a.m. Sunday at Mount Lebanon Baptist Church, 648 Harrison Ave. in Peekskill.

The Southern Poverty Law Center has written details about Patriot Front, its origins in neo-Nazi circles after the violent rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and its anonymously posted sticker, posters and banners used as tactics across the country.

One of the bumper stickers was posted on top of a Peekskill Pride sign at the Rift comic book store. The owner of the Rift was angry and offended and said so on Facebook.

Arguments about the Peekskill incident raged on Facebook.

The discussion on the store owner's Facebook page about the group Patriot Front included disagreements about white nationalism.

Folks writing on Concerned Citizens for a Better Peekskill were skeptical about what happened. Peekskill Pride deleted what they called "less than productive comments" on the thread about it.

On Citizens Creating a Better Peekskill, someone wondered, "Timed to the anniversary of the Peekskill riots? Maybe."

State Sen. Pete Harckham posted this: