(Newswire.net — November 15, 2014) — St. Louis – Ferguson protests were a boom for KKK recruiting, said to Riverfront Times Frank Ancona, leader of the KKK’s Missouri operations.
“Normally we might hear from 10 people a week in Missouri, and now we’re hearing from more like 50 people a week. Sometimes, depending on these news stories, we get 100, 200 calls in a day,” he said.
Comparing them with terrorists, Ancona warned Ferguson protesters in a flyer that KKK might use “lethal force” against them as they usurp citizens’ security and rights.
According to Vice News, the flyer is addressed to “the terrorists masquerading as peaceful protesters.” It also states that they have “awakened a sleeping giant.”
“You have been warned by the Klu Klux Klan!” it continues. “There will be consequences for your actions against the peaceful, law abiding citizens of Missouri,” the flyer says.
Frank Ankona said that those who have threatened police officers and their families would be met with violence themselves.
Violent hateful messages are not unusual for the KKK; however, distribution timing of the flyers comes at a sensitive time, deliberately sparking interracial hatred in Ferguson, which residents are currently waiting to hear whether a grand jury will bring criminal charges against White cop Darren Wilson who shot a black teenager while on duty.
Police in Ferguson decided to react with excessive force, shooting rubber bullets and teargas which further provoked the protestants to intensify their protests. Ferguson authorities even established a no-fly zone over the city, which prevented media helicopters to report from the air.
The officials said that the decision will be reached any day now and the process is ending, however, soon after the new KKK fliers came to the public’s attention, Ancona appeared on MSNBC, where he was asked if he was inciting violence. He answered the flyers are “actually addressing the people who are making these terroristic threats and letting them know that the people of Missouri have rights too.”
“There are remedies under the law. The flyer, if you read it, it says ‘defend’, it talks about defense. So, in order to defend yourself, that means you’re being attacked,” Ancona said. He referred to a video stream, which allegedly shows activist Bassem Masri threatened police.
“If they want to perpetuate hate, we can’t stop them, but we can surely let them know we ain’t going for it,” Bassem Masri said to Vice News, dismissing the accusations.