‘Racist propaganda pamphlets’ dropped in historically Black town in Ohio, cops say
In the weeks after a neo-Nazi demonstration on an interstate overpass in an Ohio town, a man was found throwing “hate flyers” from his car in the middle of the night, Ohio deputies said.
The flyers strewn across Lincoln Heights, a historically Black town, came from the Trinity White Knights chapter of the Ku Klux Klan, the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office told WLWT.
William Bader, a 47-year-old man from Kentucky, was ticketed for littering the flyers on Feb. 23, deputies told the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The sheriff’s office did not describe the exact contents of the flyers, but referred to them as “racist propaganda” pamphlets in a news release, according to WXIX.
In addition to the flyers, officers found a white sheet that is “commonly worn by KKK members,” deputies told WLWT.
A white, homemade flag that read “Peace and Love” was also found in the man’s car, officials told WCPO. This flag was notably displayed by Lincoln Heights residents after a white supremacist demonstration on Feb. 7, according to WLWT.
This flag was confiscated and returned to residents, deputies said.
The town of approximately 3,000 residents has been battling a recent uptick in white supremacist and neo-Nazi activity in the area in recent weeks, according to news reports.
On Feb. 7, demonstrators displayed signs with swastikas on an I-75 overpass which led to a standoff between the group and members of the public, according to the Evendale Police Department.
No one was arrested following the demonstration, and police said the neo-Nazi demonstration was not “unlawful,” according to the news release.
Now, an independent team has been hired to review what happened on Feb. 7, the Village of Evendale said on Feb. 21.
Lincoln Heights is about a 14-mile drive north from Cincinnati.
This story was originally published February 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM with the headline "‘Racist propaganda pamphlets’ dropped in historically Black town in Ohio, cops say."
