Ku Klux Klan fliers have been distributed outside homes on two streets in Red Bank in the past week, according to the borough's mayor.

The recruitment fliers, which were placed in a plastic bag containing candy, have been found on Leighton Avenue and most recently on Hudson Avenue, according to Mayor Pasquale Menna. The streets are about a mile apart.

"It's completely distressing" Menna said by phone Thursday. "It's completely disgusting. We're a progressive community, a diverse community and that message doesn't have a seed of support in a place like Red Bank."

The literature doesn't contain specific threats, so it's not a crime to distribute them. The person responsible can possibly be issued a summons for littering or for a moving violation in a car, though. Menna said officials believe the fliers were tossed from a vehicle.

One of the fliers compared fighting for the United States Army to fighting for Israel. The other challenges the accuracy of Spike Lees' newly released film, "The Black KkKlansman." The biographical drama tells the story of a police officer in Colorado who infiltrated the Klan in the early 1970s.

This is the second time in recent years similar fliers have been distributed in the borough. Residents also found literature on their lawns on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in January 2016. Some were also tossed onto properties in neighboring Fair Haven. The person responsible was never identified or charged.

"I suspect this is from the outside," Menna said. "I don't see any support for it here whatsoever or even a scintilla of agreement with the message."

Menna said the fliers were not discussed at Wednesday's council meeting. He added police patrols are on the lookout for suspicious activity. Police chief Darren McConnell couldn't immediately be reached for comment.

News of the fliers was first reported by RedBankGreen.com

KKK fliers were also found in the Burlington County towns of Maple Shade, Cinnaminson and Moorestown last year and in Lyndhurst, Bergen County in 2015.

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