The flyers’ content looked to be replicas of historical ads for the sale of enslaved people and rewards for their capture.
The Lynchburg,
The Lynchburg Police Department shared on its official Facebook page on Dec. 25 that it was investigating “suspicious activity … in reference to citizens discovering racially charged literature being left on their property” the night before. “The flyers did not contain any threats.”
The department requested that residents with security, doorbell or other video footage of a suspicious person between midnight and about 3 a.m. save the footage.
While unsettling, neighbors in Lynchburg said the Christmas Eve incident wasn’t the first of its kind, according to WDBJ-7.
“They left nooses on people’s porches last year… this year, it was letters,” said resident Deion Carter, WDBJ-7 reported. “People take that very threatening. That’s a very threatening gesture to people, especially if no one knows who it is.”
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