In social media posts leading up to the March 5 board president race, the St. Louis Police Officers Association encouraged votes for “one of the pro-police Democrats on the ballot; not Communist Cop-Hater Megan Green!”

The well-publicized post included a picture of Mao’s body with Green’s head on it. In a different post from the union, which was removed, the headline “BETTER DEAD THAN RED!” was accompanied by a splattered red circle and line across a hammer and sickle.

“Our posts are working!” said the announcement. “In true form, the commies are red with anger. Megan Green and her friends deny their communist leanings but remind us how dangerous they are as they call for our members to be punished for exercising free speech. Welcome to Stalingrad!”

Emotions cooled online after the election. Then the Patriot Front flyers showed up in Green’s neighborhood last weekend. In an interview Friday, she said she was aware of three of the flyers.

“It’s concerning that they are popping up after the St. Louis Police Officers Association on their social media used the same verbiage that is also typically used by white supremacist groups, the better dead than red,” she said.