Elkhorn residents speak out about racist flyers found scattered throughout neighborhood

By Kelly Milan, Spectrum News 1

ELKHORN, Wis. — A Sunday morning walk in Elkhorn turned unsettling for one resident when she stumbled upon plastic bags filled with a disturbing message. The bags, containing birdseed to likely weigh them down, held flyers promoting a white nationalist organization.

“During a neighborhood walk, I noticed on the ground some baggies with a notice in it and it looked like seeds, so I kicked one over and looked at it and it was something about white power, and I just left it where it is,” said Elkhorn resident Ruth.

This discovery has sparked a police investigation and left many residents feeling uneasy. Police believe a sedan seen on surveillance footage driving down Meadow Lane and East First Avenue early Sunday morning may be connected to the distribution of the flyers, which they’ve called, “Aryan flyers.”

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Another resident, Mari Valdes, who recently moved to Elkhorn, expressed her views upon learning about the incident.

“I don’t feel no type of way,” said Valdes. “I am the skin color I am. I can’t do nothing about that. I wouldn’t say people aren’t entitled to their opinions, they are, but you know, spreading hate across the world… when we are all humans. If you cut me as a Black person, I’m going to bleed red. If I cut you as a white person, you will also bleed red.”

While Valdes said the rhetoric doesn’t faze her, and she has a simple message: “There’s no need to spread hatred. If you have hatred against a certain race, that is up to you as a human being. Just don’t spread it around.”

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