FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) – One of the owners of three addresses in an Arkansas city with “KKK” welded on their facades says the “offensive” insignia has been obscured.
The Southwest Times Record reports U.S. Marshals stars have been placed
over the three Ks on the building in downtown Fort Smith.
KKK is commonly associated with the white supremacist group the Ku Klux Klan.
The newspaper contacted Mayor George McGill this year about the letters.
McGill, the city’s first black mayor, spoke to the building owners, Richard Griffin and Benny Westphal, who agreed to cover them.
They chose Marshals stars because the city served as a regional headquarters for the agency.
Griffin says the letters are “offensive” and he’s unaware of the
property’s connection to the klan, which he calls a “shameful organization.”
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