Kenya Robinson said she already felt like an outsider when she moved to Mount Holly recently, from Penns Grove in Salem County where she knew everyone.

But the 24-year-old was shocked when just two weeks after moving to the apartment in Burlington County with her two young sons, she found her car's tire flattened.

Next to the wheel was a note that called her a terrorist, used a racial slur and said she should "go home" because she was "not wanted here."

"I thought it was just trash and then I saw that my tire was flat," she said of the note she found April 11. "It was a 'go home' letter -- I'm from New Jersey."

The note left on Kenya Robinson's tire April 11, redacted to remove profanities. (Provided photo)

Robinson said that although the note included the n-word, she believes she was targeted mostly because she wears a hijab and other clothing that makes it obvious that she is Muslim.

She said she never had anything like this happen before, and now she feels that people in the area are looking at her differently because of her attire.

"In Salem County everyone knows me, but here I feel uncomfortable. I feel like they don't know me because I'm an an outsider, plus the way I dress," she said.

Still, she said she can't believe that in 2018, some people still call any Muslim person a terrorist.

"I tell people all the time: Just talk to me, I'll tell you about my religion," she said.

Mount Holly Police Capt. Rich Spitler said officers determined that someone had let the air out of the tire, and they refilled it for Robinson. He said the department is taking the bias incident very seriously but he could not say much more without compromising the investigation.

"It's ongoing. We're not anywhere near done with it," he said.

Kenya Robinson, 24, poses for a selfie with her daughter, Suhaylah, 4, left, and her son, Ibn'Anthony, 5, right. (Kenya Robinson photo)

Robinson said she moved to the second-floor apartment on Cherry Street March 28. While she didn't know anyone and felt kind of isolated, she had heard the public schools in Mount Holly were good. She has a daughter, Suhaylah, 4, and a son, Ibn'Anthony, 5.

She was heading to the grocery store on the afternoon of April 11 when she noticed her car's front driver's side tire was flat and saw the note. She called police, who asked her who she thought could have done it.

In a Facebook Live video she posted of her talking with police, she told them that she kept to herself and doesn't know anyone.

Police took the note, she said, and assured her they'd do extra patrols in the area.

But later that night, around midnight, someone started banging on a door at the apartment complex. Robinson said she believed it was her door, but Spitler said it was a communal, external door to the apartment building.

Robinson said the banging had her children "screaming and hollering" in fear. It stopped after about 10 minutes, when she yelled that she had called the cops.

Robinson said she hasn't had any trouble since then, but she's still shaken by everything.

"Every night I'm pacing. I feel paranoid," she said, suspicious that anyone who looks at her could be the one who left the note. "I put a chair under my doorknob so nobody can open my door."

She said she doesn't want to "let anyone run me from my home," but the experience does make her want to leave Mount Holly, especially if she continues to worry about her kids' safety.

In the Facebook Live video, her son Ibn'Anthony is seen scooting around the driveway on a plastic car and Suhaylah on a Thomas the Tank Engine. Now, Robinson said, she doesn't feel comfortable going outside.

"I don't walk outside, I don't do anything," she said.

Anyone with information about the incident can call the Mount Holly Police Department at (609) 267-0170.

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