Duluth Mayor Emily Larson responded on Monday to a series of flyers that had been posted in Leif Erickson Park, calling them "hate speech," and saying they didn't belong in Duluth.

"Hate groups and hate speech have no place in Duluth," Larson said in a statement. "Sadly, these groups spread vile, hateful and racist ideologies."

A city spokeswoman said she couldn't confirm the group identified in the flyers. But Fox 21 reported on Sunday that the flyers were labeled "Patriot Front," an organization referred to by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a "neo-Nazi network."

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, Patriot Front is a "far right splinter group" led by Thomas Rousseau of Texas, who was in his teens when it was founded. It describes Patriot Front as born from the fallout over an August 2017 confrontation in Charlottesville, Va. In that instance, a marcher with the original group, Vanguard America, drove a car into a crowd of counter-protesters, killing one and injuring 19 others

In a “manifesto” on its website, the Patriot Front claims democracy in the U.S. is a failure and calls for “a new Caesar to revive the American spirit.”

The manifesto lauds “our European ancestors” through which “a new nation was forged in the flames of conquest.”

Flyers have been posted in numerous communities, according to the law center's website, and in at least some cases local law enforcement officers have removed them.

Duluth police referred questions about the flyers to the mayor's office. Fox 21 reported that individuals tore up the fliers.

In her statement, Larson continued: "It is up to us, as a community, to reject this hateful behavior. We believe in dignity and respect for all. That is, and will continue to be, the Duluth way."