Police are investigating a “suspicious
circumstance” in Tinley Park after a resident found a Ku Klux Klan flier
this week outside her home in the southwest suburb.
About 12:30 p.m. Monday, the resident
noticed a plactic bag in her driveway and, upon closer inspection, found
it contained a candy cane and a flier from the Traditionalist American
Knights, said Tinley Park Deputy Police Chief Steve Vaccaro. That flier
was found in the 7000 block of 173rd Place; similar advertisements were
found in at least four other nearby driveways.
“You can sleep tonight knowing the Klan is awake,” read the flier, according to Vaccaro.
Police placed the fliers and plastic
bags into evidence, “in case something develops,” but no crime has been
committed at this point, Vaccaro said.
“I’m not aware of a big KKK presence,”
Vaccaro said, adding this is the first time he’s seen an incident like
this after more than 20 years with Tinley Park police.
Back in October, residents of southwest
suburban New Lenox Township found Ku Klux Klan fliers — advertising for
new members — circulating in neighborhoods, police said previously. But
no criminal activity was reported at the time.
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