Police are investigating after someone left racist literature on front lawns in Cherry Hill overnight.

The printed messages contained racial epithets and expressed support for the Ku Klux Klan.

The items were left in plastic bags at several houses in the Old Orchard section of the community, police reported Saturday.

One of the fliers, attributed to a group called the Loyal White Knights, condemns interracial dating, includes a racist cartoon and tells readers to "join the white revolution."

Cherry Hill Mayor Chuck Cahn issued a statement vowing to track down those responsible.

"This type of hatred and bigotry will not be tolerated in our town," Cahn said. "We will investigate this matter until we identify the individuals responsible and will prosecute them to the fullest extent of the law."

The fliers apparently weren't limited to Cherry Hill.

A Mount Laurel resident, who lives in a neighborhood not far from the Cherry Hill Township line, reported finding one of these fliers in her driveway.

"I am a liberal and this disgusting diatribe specifically calls out 'liberals' in the top line in red," she said. "My neighborhood is integrated. My neighbors of color or of the Jewish religion must be appalled and perhaps frightened."

Lloyd Henderson, president of the Camden County East NAACP chapter, was attending a state NAACP convention Saturday when he learned about the incident.

He called the flier distribution a hateful and immoral act, saying Cherry Hill is a diverse community that won't stand for bigotry.

"I firmly believe that hate doesn't live in Cherry Hill," he said. Henderson praised local police handling the search for those responsible.

"In the end, hate's not going to win out," he said. "We believe we are on the right side of history and the NAACP has been for over 109 years."

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Cherry Hill Police at 856-488-7828. Tips may also be submitted anonymously at tips@cherryhillpolice.com or http://cherryhill-nj.com/forms.aspx?.

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