KKK flyers, Nazi Halloween costumes ignite outrage from Baltimoreans (.Baltimorons.).

Nancy Pelosi is from Baltimore.

Residents are outraged over a series of racist incidents in South 
Baltimore over the past week that have sparked police, political and 
community response.

Earlier in the week, a flyer discovered near Cross Street Market in 
Federal Hill suggested efforts to protect the people of South Baltimore 
from “juvenile thugs,” a public service from white supremacist group the 
Ku Klux Klan.

City officials say similar flyers were found in Cherry Hill, and a 
student reported one to school staff, prompting Baltimore City Schools 
Police and the Baltimore Police Department to investigate.

Baltimore City Public Schools asked that students, staff and families 
notify academic leaders if they come across these flyers. Leaders said 
there’s no place for hate and harassment in city schools.

“Together, we can ensure our campus and neighborhood is a welcoming 
place for all members of our school community,” a letter from the school 
district read.

The Federal Hill Neighborhood Association said in a statement shared on 
Facebook that it learned about the incident, which involved a Digital 
Harbor High School student, Monday. The association said it has asked 
the South Baltimore Camera Network — residents who share video from 
their home security cameras to help solve crimes — to search for footage 
of the incident and catch the perpetrator of what they called “racist, 
vitriolic” incidents.

“No student should be subject to these racist acts. No parent should 
have to fear these threats. No community in Baltimore or the United 
States of America should tolerate this hatred,” the statement read.

This isn’t the first time this has happened, Councilwoman Phylicia 
Porter, who represents Cherry Hill, said in an interview. While walking 
her dog in Riverside Park in May, Porter said, she was disgusted to see 
a flyer posted on a fence that read, “Black people are not welcome here.”

“To see these flyers permeating in this historic community is insane,” 
Porter said. “I was disgusted then, and I’m disgusted now.”

Porter said her constituents are not scared so much as they are angry 
that this messaging is spreading. Porter believes there needs to be 
public shaming to let people know “this type of language is not going to 
exist in Baltimore.”

The Nazi costumes
Simultaneously, anger brewed online after a series of photos shared 
across Instagram, Facebook and Reddit showed people wearing Nazi and 
Adolf Hitler costumes at the Horse You Came In On Saloon in Fells Point 
around Halloween.

The images, which appear to have been posted originally to Instagram, 
quickly spread across local social media networks, prompting residents 
to question how such costumes could be worn in a public space and how 
others nearby seemed unbothered.

Skye Thompson was one of the people who saw the original post on 
Instagram and commented in opposition to it. Thompson told The Banner 
she has been following the woman who posted the photos on Instagram for 
about 10 years.

They don’t know each other personally, but Thompson said they hung out 
in similar areas and have tons of mutual friends. When Thompson saw the 
photos, all she could muster was, “What the f--?”

Thompson said she was disgusted and horrified.

“It’s gross to find out that somebody like that even exists but that 
there’s very little separation between us,” Thompson said.

Thompson said she reached out to their mutual friends and followers, 
alerting them of the woman’s costume and her concerns.

The woman dressed as a Nazi in the photos shared across social media 
platforms did not want to comment when contacted by The Banner. The bar 
they apparently visited didn’t respond to requests for comment.

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