Dozens of racist flyers were found scattered across roads in a county just outside of Indianapolis this week.
“They're just throwing hate speech right out their window on their drive through our town,” Westfield resident Ashley Blanchette said. “I don't want them to feel like this is a place where that's acceptable.'Blanchette noticed the flyers on the side of the road in Hamilton County. She picked up as many as she could and threw them in the trash.“I’m angry, and I think a clear message needs to be sent that you're not welcome here. We don't agree with you,” Blanchette said.
Hispanic and LGBTQ individuals report receiving offensive text messagesThey believe that the individual who distributed the racist flyers was not from the greater Indianapolis area and there are no threats to public safety.Westfield Mayor Scott Willis released the following statement regarding the flyers that were found in Westfield:As a resident, Blanchette agrees with the mayor.“I don't want them to ever feel like they have a voice in our town, in our state, in our country,' she said.
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