Ku Klux Klan Member Responds To WCCB Story About KKK Flyer In Statesville

Trish Williford,

The Latest (3/9/21):

STATESVILLE, N.C. — A Statesville mother is speaking out after reading an email sent to WCCB Charlotte from someone who claimed to be a member of the Ku Klux Klan.

The email was sent after a story we aired about the woman who received a KKK flyer on her door over the weekend.

Genesis Houpe says she received the flyer after rallying for the removal of the Confederate monument in downtown Statesville.  Someone claiming to be the grand dragon of the East Coast Knights of the KKK sent WCCB News the following message, saying in part:

“Our mission this weekend was a patriotic move to let the citizens know that we are not happy with the statue being removed in downtown.  The fliers were not racially motivated, nor was anyone a target.  Anyone that received our literature was just on the route we traveled Saturday morning.”

Houpe feels she was targeted.

“I’m not surprised that they finally responded but by email, and still not wanting people to know who they are, it doesn’t change anything, you’re still cowards, you’re still hiding and I want to shed light on what you’re doing,” says Genesis Houpe.

WCCB News reached out to the Grand Dragon to request an interview.  He told us he needed to first be granted permission by his Lordship.

He also apologized to Houpe and her son.

Houpe wants Statesville Police to take the incident seriously.  We reached out to Statesville Police Chief David Addison, but so far, he has not responded.

STATESVILLE, N.C. —  A woman who fought for the removal of a Confederate monument says she’s now the target of the Ku Klux Klan.

Genesis Houp says someone left a flyer on her doorstep over the weekend.  Inside the zip lock bag appeared to be a message from the KKK, saying he group ‘sees everything’.  The person also left a business card with a phone number for the white supremacist group, and also some candy.  Houp wonders if she’s become a target because of her efforts to remove a 100 year old Confederate monument from the center of downtown Statesville.

“I’m not going to say that’s a direct reflection of this, I’m not sure why I was targeted, but I do know the work I’ve done, and it’s not gone unnoticed,” says Houp.

Last year, Houp started a petition for the statue’s removal, and last week, Iredell County’s Commissioners agreed the monument should go.

Dozens of other African Americans across Iredell County received the same flyer.  Iredell County’s Sheriff Office is investigating.