Perry A. Farrell

Detroit Free Press

Residents on the 21st floor of the New Cadillac Square Apartments awoke Wednesday morning to find racist graffiti spray painted on their doors and KKK flyers in the hallway — the latest in a series of incidents in the area, including Wayne State University.

“To say this is unreal and unnerving would be an understatement,’’ Edevbie said in a Facebook post Wednesday. “I choose to be positive. This is appalling, disgusting and vile. To the cowards who attempted to intimidate me and my neighbors, take off the hoods and say it to our faces. We’re not going anywhere.’’

There are no surveillance cameras on the floors, said resident Aghogho Edevbie, who lives on the 17th floor and is a local attorney. His floor wasn’t affected.

A person familiar with the complex contacted the Free Press and said the building has a minimum of eight security cameras, pointed in 16 directions, on the exterior corners of the building with at least 100 security cameras pointed in its direction from blocks away. There’s also numerous cameras on the interior of the apartment building, but none were able to pick up the vandals.

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Edevbie told the Free Press that other floors were hit with graffiti, with 21st floor being hit the hardest with the n-word and "white power" sprayed up and down the hall.

'“It was put all over the 21st floor; there were multiple places,"’ said Edevbie. "... The same person or an accomplice also put up flyers on multiple doors promoting the KKK.

“I don’t know about anybody else, but I have no intention of leaving.’’

Edevbie said residents of the complex and the superintendent of the building were upset.

A spokesman for the complex said they were working with police to try and identify the culprits and make sure the residents aren’t hit again.

“There are too many disappointments in life to dwell on it,’’ said Edevbie. “You have to move forward.’’

Last week, several public areas on campus were tagged with racist graffiti, prompting Wayne State University President M. Roy Wilson e-mailed an open letter to students and staff.

WSU Chief Anthony Holt said his department is investigating and also is stepping up surveillance.

Contact Perry A. Farrell: pafarrell@freepress.com