Police investigate KKK threat
Source: AAP | Published: Friday October 1 4:07:37 PM
Police will tonight attend a meeting called by the 'Taree KKK', inviting
Taree residents on the NSW mid-north coast to
stone an Aboriginal mission.
A flier has been distributed around the town over the past week,
inviting residents to a 'rock-a-thon' at Purfleet
roundabout.
Purfleet, which houses about 300 residents, is the only Aboriginal
mission in the area.
Superintendent Tim Tarlinton of Taree police said the situation arose
from a series of incidents involving Aboriginal
youths throwing rocks at passing cars at night.
He said the community and Aboriginal Land Council were trying to work
through the problem and identify the leader of
the six or so youths involved.
Supt Tarlinton said the police station received a faxed copy of the
flier, sent from an anonymous fax machine last
Friday.
The flier promotes an 'us and them' rivalry.
It says: 'Sick of missing out on all the fun? Be part of the first Taree
rock-a-thon ... Bring your own and lets (sic) show
them what it's like. Proudly sponsered (sic) by KKK Taree.'
Supt Tarlinton said police were treating the flier with contempt.
'What they're portraying, whether it's a person or a group, is bloody
ludicrous,' he told AAP.
'A reprisal attack on a community is ridiculous.'
He said the Aboriginal community was not responsible for the attacks,
only a few youths.
The community had already instigated its own patrols and lighting on the
mission had improved to discourage
Aboriginal youths from throwing rocks, he said.
'There is no evidence and never has been any evidence that the KKK is
here,' Supt Tarlinton said.
'I don't believe it is the KKK.'
A spokeswoman for the Aboriginal Land Council in Taree said most of the
men were away playing football at Dubbo
this weekend, leaving women, children and the elderly on the mission.
She said she feared for their safety, particularly teenagers who
attended a weekly under-18 disco on Friday nights
and wandered the streets after it finished.
The flier had distressed and angered the land council, she said.
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