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Families find flyers asking them to 'Keep America America' in driveways

ATLANTA — Hundreds of flyers were dropped off Easter morning in a Braselton neighborhood calling to 'Keep America American.'

Channel 2's Tom Regan spoke to residents who say the flyer also urges people to report any undocumented citizens saying "they are not immigrants, but criminals."

"This is terrible. Just terrible," said Anna Roper. "I posted about this being hate mail (on the community website). I picked up as many as I could and put them in the trash."

Regan visited the website listed on the flier and found a organization called the Patriot Front. The Anti-Defamation League describes it as a white supremacist group whose members maintain their European ancestors conquered America and bequeathed it solely to them.


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Roper also spotted racist messages while walking on a trail near the bridge in her subdivision. 

"Ive cried a lot this morning about this," she said.

Roper told Regan she believes someone sprayed painted the racist graffiti over the weekend. She says she can't believe someone from the community was responsible.

"(This community) is extremely diverse, African, Asian, East Asian," she explained. 

On a community website, many others said they were equally stunned by the racist message scaring the iconic bridge that links one side of the subdivision to the other.

"I think it's ridiculous, racial slurs like that are stupid," said resident James Bell.

Bell says the graffiti is an embarrassment to his community..

"It's offensive, real offensive. We got good people in the neighborhood."

Roper said she called City Hall and her HOA to find how soon the graffiti could be removed or at least covered up.

While we were at the bridge, a crew arrived and painted over racist message