Disturbing video exhibits somebody wearing hateful Ku Klux Klan robes sauntering by means of the middle of a quiet Rhode Island city in the midst of the evening.
The hooded determine was filmed slowly strolling alone round 2 a.m. Monday evening down Foremost Avenue in West Warwick, the place police now say they’re investigating, in response to WJAR.
Ryan Fitzgerland and his brother have been driving by means of city once they recorded a video close to the Foremost Avenue gazebo, leaving them no doubts as to what the sick costume was.
“Whenever you see a sharp hood and two eyeballs looking at you, I imply what the hell else is it?” he stated. “It didn’t seem like the Boogieman, it appeared just like the KKK to me.”
“It’s bizarre as a result of I do know there’s racism round right here, however not like that,” stated Fitzgerald. “That’s a complete totally different degree of racism.”
At one level, Fitzgerald stated, the robed individual appeared immediately at them — and so they instantly took off, not figuring out if he might be armed.
“[We] have been identical to, ‘Holy crap, I gotta get the hell out of right here,’” he stated.
The video has since unfold throughout social media and has spooked the quiet neighborhood, positioned about 13 miles south of Windfall.
Leslie Letourneau, proprietor of Sweet’s Curiosities & Classic, additionally captured the costumed character on her enterprise’s surveillance footage and referred to as the police.
“It was actually upsetting to assume any individual would stroll round like that interval … after which it felt private when it was in my retailer or in entrance of my retailer,” Letourneau stated.
“It churned my abdomen to look at that,” she added.
City officers confirmed that police are investigating the incident however supplied no extra particulars.
The Submit has reached out to the West Warwick Police Division for extra info.
