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It has been almost a year since someone fired shots into two substations in Moore County, knocking out power to tens of thousands for five days during December.

Hundreds of leads, no arrests a year after attack on Moore County substation

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In the last seven days, families in Clayton, Cary, Raleigh and Durham have discovered hateful and inflammatory messages against the Jewish community.

Neighbors find spike in antisemitic flyers around Triangle 'disturbing'

Bags with antisemtic fliers distributed in some neighborhoods

The Triangle is seeing a surge of antisemitic fliers landing in front yards of neighborhoods in Raleigh, Cary, Durham and Clayton.

POSSIBLY UP TO 10 YEARS BEHIND BARS. ALRIGHT, THANKS SO MUCH, MARK. THE TRIANGLE IS SEEING A SURGE OF ANTI SEMITIC. FLYERS LANDING IN FRONT OF YARDS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS IN JUST THE LAST 7 DAYS. FAMILIES IN CLAYTON, CARY, RALEIGH. >> AND IN DURHAM HAVE ALL DISCOVERED THESE HATEFUL MESSAGES AGAINST THE JEWISH COMMUNITY WRAL'S MATT TALHELM JOINS US LIVE AT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER IN NORTH RALEIGH WITH SOME NEW REACTION FROM LEADERS. THEIR MASK. YELLING IN JUST THE LAST HALF HOUR. I JUST GOT DONE TALKING TO THE PRESIDENT HERE, THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF >> GREATER RALEIGH. HE SAYS IT IS STARTLING EVERY TIME THESE FLYERS APPEAR IN THIS TIME, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THEY LANDED IN A NEIGHBORHOOD NOT FAR FROM 2 SYNAGOGUES IN THE CITY. NOW, THIS IS A PILE OF THOSE FLYERS SHARED WITH ME BY A NEIGHBOR. SHE SAYS SHE ACTUALLY WALKED AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD THIS MORNING COLLECTING ALL OF THESE BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T WANT HER NEIGHBORS TO HAVE TO CEDE THE MESSAGES OF HATE. >> PLASTIC SANDWICH BAGS WEIGHED DOWN BY BEANS, LITTER THE SIDEWALKS AND STREET TO THE STORES. PROBABLY NEIGHBORHOOD IS GOING TO CHECK THE MAIL. AND I JUST SAW. >> THIS LITTLE FLYER THAT WAS IN THE BACK. HE WAS SOME RICE AND BEANS AND WILLIAMS DISCOVERED ONE OF HER DRIVEWAY. SHE CALLS ITS CONTENTS DISTURBING. I HAVE A DAUGHTER AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. AND SO. >> GET TO FLEE. WORRIES ME MAKES ME SAD THAT SOMEONE WOULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. ANTI-SEMITIC FLYERS FILL THESE BAGGIES DROPPED OFF THURSDAY IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. A LONG LONG STREAK. MOCKINGBIRD AND SUMMER. GLENN DRIVES. >> SIMILAR FLIERS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN NEIGHBORHOODS IN JOHNSTON COUNTY, KERRY AND DURHAM IN THE LAST WEEK, I SHOWED THEM TO RABBI LUCY DINNER OF TEMPLE, BETH OR IN RALEIGH FROM SEEING THOSE ARE THOSE THE ONES WE SEEING. >> HAPPENING ALL THE TIME AROUND HERE. >> I THINK THAT THEY ARE VERY TYPICAL ANTI SOME AND IT CAN ARTS. THEY ARE DOG WHISTLES TO LAME. FIRST. THE JU IS THE ANTI DEFAMATION LEAGUE TRACKS INCIDENTS OF ANTI-SEMITISM TWENTY-TWENTY TO SET RECORDS FOR HATE TARGETING THE JEWISH COMMUNITY WITH NEARLY 3700 INCIDENTS NATIONWIDE. THAT'S UP 36% FROM THE YEAR BEFORE. >> THE COUNTED. 39 INCIDENTS OF ANTI-SEMITISM HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA LAST YEAR. A 30% INCREASE FROM 2021. WHAT I BELIEVE GIVES US STRENGTH ON THIS TIME IN HISTORY. >> IS THAT I BELIEVE THERE ARE SO MANY SO MANY IN THE MAJORITY. >> WHO WANT TO TAMP DOWN THE HATE? >> WAKE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY TELLS ME THAT ANYONE CAUGHT DISTRIBUTING THESE FLYERS COULD FACE A CHARGE OF ETHNIC INTIMIDATION. THAT'S IF THE FLYER CONTAINS A THREAD THAT'S A CLASS ONE MISDEMEANOR. ANYONE CONVICTED OF THAT KIND OF CRIME CAN ACTUALLY SPEND

Homeowners find antisemitic fliers in neighborhood streets

The Israelite School of Universal Practical Knowledge plans to have about 500 people for its annual Passover celebration on Saturday at the Raleigh Convention Center.

THEN HE TRIED TO FLUSH THE LINE. YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE THE GROUP OF BLACK SEPARATIST THAT OCCASIONALLY GATHERS IN RALEIGH'S MOORE SQUARE. THAT GROUP HAS TIES TO A NATIONALLY KNOWN HATE GROUP IN THIS WEEKEND. THEY WILL HOLD THEIR ANNUAL PASSOVER CELEBRATION AT THE RALEIGH CONVENTION CENTER. WRAL'S JOE FISHER IS LIVE IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH AND JOE, THE GATHERING IS RAISING SOME CONCERNS. >> DEBORAH, THIS GROUP IS WIDELY VIEWED AS ANTI-SEMITIC AND AND TIE WHITE. THE CITY TELLS ME THEY EXPECT ABOUT 500 MEMBERS HERE AT THE CONVENTION CENTER THIS WEEKEND. TODAY WE FOUND OUT THAT THE CONTRACT FOR THIS EVENT WAS FINALIZED MORE THAN 4 MONTHS AGO. BACK IN NOVEMBER. BUT THE CITY ALONG WITH THE MAYOR SAY THEY JUST FOUND OUT EXACTLY WHO RENTED THIS SPACE EARLIER THIS WEEK. >> YOU PASSED YOUR TEXANS SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN RALEIGH. YOU'LL FIND MEMBERS OF THE ISRAELITE SCHOOL OF UNIVERSAL PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE OR THE ISU PK. >> I ON SOME THROWS INSISTENT. >> THE GROUP'S LEADER IS COMMANDING GENERAL JOHAN, A SCENE IN THIS YOUTUBE VIDEO TOURING THE RALEIGH CONVENTION CENTER. IT'S WHERE THE ISU PK WILL HOLD ITS ANNUAL PASSOVER CELEBRATION ON SATURDAY. >> TAKING IT TO THE GROUP IS PART OF THE RADICAL HEBREW ISRAEL LIGHTS WHICH THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER IDENTIFIES AS A HATE GROUP. >> FOR ITS ANTI-SEMITIC AND TIE WHITE AND ANTI LGBT VIEWS AND CHAPTERS THAT QUOTE, PERPETUATE THE ANTI-SEMITIC BELIEFS THAT SO-CALLED JEWS HAVE STOLEN THEIR IDENTITY AND BIRTHRIGHT THEY CAUSING. HE GREW BECAUSE WE TURN AROUND AND SAY, LIKE MANAGED TO GET OVER THE THINGS THAT HE'S DONE AND GO TO WORK DOUBLE JUST ME AND SAID IT REALLY IS DEEPLY UPSETTING. RABBI ERIC SOLOMON WITH BETH MEYER SYNAGOGUE IN RALEIGH IS DISTURBED ABOUT THE CITY-OWNED CONVENTION CENTER RENTING SPACE TO THE ISU PK MEMPHIS WITH SCOTT FOR BUT THE KKK OR OTHER AID GROUPS THAT. >> MORE WIDELY KNOWN. I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT WILL BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN. THE CITY SAYS THE SPACE WAS RENTED BY A 3RD PARTY RIDING IN A STATEMENT WE WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TGF SOLUTIONS INCORPORATED AND THE REFERENCE GROUP AND THE EVENT WAS HANDLED IN THE SAME MANNER AS ALL OTHER BOOKINGS. OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT THE GROUP WILL THAT HERE TO ALL CONTRACT TERMS THAT SPEARS THE SOME LOOPHOLE HERE THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT MORE CLOSELY. RABBI SOLOMON SAYS HE RESPECTS PEOPLE'S FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS. >> BUT FEELS THE CITY SHOULD NOT MAKE SPACE FOR HATE. THIS IS NOT WHAT WE NEED IN OUR SOCIETY. >> AND A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE CITY TODAY DID SAY THAT THE RENTALS THROUGH A 3RD PARTY HERE AT THE CONVENTION CENTER IS QUITE COMMON. I DID ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY WHAT KIND OF DISCRETION THE CITY HAS BEEN DENYING EVENTS HERE AT THIS CITY-OWNED BUILDING. WE'RE STILL WORKING TO GET A RESPONSE. DEBRA JO NOW THAT THEY KNOW WHO IS COMING TO THIS EVENT, ARE THEY PLANNING MORE SECURITY? >> DEBORAH, GOOD QUESTION. I DID REACH OUT TO THE RALEIGH POLICE DEPARTMENT TODAY. WE DO KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY BIG WEEKEND FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE DREAMVILLE FESTIVAL IN DIX PARK. NOW THIS CONTROVERSY HERE AT THE CONVENTION CENTER WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR PROTESTS OUTSIDE THE CONVENTION CENTER. SO FAR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT YET RESPONDED TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY WILL HAVE INCREASED PATROLS AND WHETHER THEY ARE AWARE OF THE EVENT

Concerns grow over extremist group event at Raleigh Convention Center

Hate group books Raleigh Convention Center for Passover celebration

Raleigh Convention Center

Authorities are investigating possible links between hate groups and the attack on the power stations in Moore County.

Moore sheriff 'absolutely' looking at hate groups in substation attack

Authorities say investigation into Moore substation attacks moving slowly

The new Sandhills Coalition of peace, love and justice is focused on battling hate with a spirit of unity.

>> CHELSEA DONOVAN REPORTING LIVE FOR US ON UNC CAMPUS. THANK YOU. TODAY A NEW GROUP CAME TOGETHER TO FIGHT HATE IN MOORE COUNTY. WHAT SPARKED THE EFFORT WERE SYMBOLS OF HATE DRAPED ON A BRIDGE IN DECEMBER NEAR THE TOWN OF ASH AS WRAL'S DEBRA MORGAN EXPLAINS. THEY HOPE THEIR CAUSE WILL SPREAD >> IN DECEMBER ON THE DAY OF THE JEWISH FEAST OF HANUKKAH, SYMBOLS OF HATE WERE DRAPED ON THE BRIDGE OVER US. ONE IN MOORE COUNTY TODAY, A NEW COALITION GATHERED NEAR THE SAME BRIDGE WITH A MESSAGE WE WANT THE PEOPLE THAT KNOW WHOEVER DID THIS THAT THAT WE'VE GOT ON THE STAND FOR THE GROUP HAD HOPED TO SEE MORE LEADERS FROM SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES GATHER HERE TO SUPPORT THEIR FAST BECAUSE THEY CAME RIGHT OUT. AND I KNOW IT'S IN THERE >> TOWN THAT THEY SPOKE OUT RIGHT AWAY IT. HIS RACISM, HOMOPHOBIA. >> SOME HERE SUSPECT THAT THESE SYMBOLS OF HATE ARE LINKED TO ANOTHER ATTACK AROUND THE SAME TIME LAST DECEMBER. IT STARTED WITH THE OUTAGE WITH A SUDDEN THE POWER PLANTS. >> AND THAT WAS WHEN WE HAD OUR FIRST BIG IMPACT AND THE BENEFIT TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. PAULA SHELTON AND OTHERS REMEMBER THAT IT LEFT 10'S OF THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS IN MOORE COUNTY WITHOUT POWER OR HEAT >> THIS SANDHILLS COALITIONS INTENT IS TO STAND AGAINST HATE WITH THE SPIRIT OF UNITY. ONE WOULD HUMIDITY. ONE FAMILY TYPE ONE LOVE TO DO THAT. ALL WALKS OF LIFE. >> HERE IN THIS IN THIS COUNTY IS JUST THE MOST UPLIFTING EXPERIENCE TODAY. MEMBERS OF THIS COALITION EXPECT THEIR CAUSE TO SPREAD, BUT OVERCOMING HATRED IS NEVER EASY. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN JUST WANT TO SAY THAT COUNTY, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DEBRA MORGAN WRAL NEWS AND SOME RESIDENTS BELIEVE THE SUB STATION ATTACK STEMMED FROM 8 MOTIVATED. >> BY CONTROVERSIAL DRAG QUEEN SHOW WHICH TOOK PLACE WHEN THE

Group comes together to fight hate in Moore County

New Sandhills group determined to confront antisemitism and hate in Moore County communities

Right-wing extremism in America is becoming more mainstream, according to a 2021 report from the Southern Poverty Law Center. The nonprofit that tracks hate groups in the U.S. says that the number of people participating in hate groups continues to fall. 



SPLC report: Right-wing extremism becoming more mainstream as participation in hate groups fall 

No More Apologies: Inside Facebook’s Push to Defend Its Image

The federal government approved 12 million Paycheck Protection Program loans last year, totaling nearly $800 billion, to help companies and nonprofits stay afloat during the pandemic. But the money went to more than neighborhood restaurant, local gyms and food banks.

Tax dollars help groups some consider extremist to survive pandemic

Investigates graphic

<p>Diversity is bad for America because people of different races often don't get along with each other. Most people with any sense know that whites, on average are smarter than blacks. That group was given your tax dollars while local small businesses were fighting to stay afloat during the pandemic, only WRL investigates reveals the hate groups that received federal P. P. P. Loans and how they slip through the cracks of the I. R. S. WRL investigates tonight at six.</p>

Some PPP loans went to organizations labeled as hate groups

Kernersville man one of four national leaders arrested Friday. The new court documents detail the planning process for the Jan. 6 insurrection in Washington D.C.  

N.C. Proud Boys leader arrested, charged in connection to Capitol Riots

Representatives from Westboro Baptist Church plan to speak at several locations across North Carolina on Monday, including near Duke University. 

