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Police and the El Paso, Texas, branch of the NAACP are condemning a group of people, possibly including youths, who were shown wearing Ku Klux Klan-style white robes and hoods in viral social media videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The videos show the group walking on a neighborhood street, which police indicated is in El Paso. In one video, the person recording can be heard laughing and telling the group, \u201cY\u2019all gotta yell something, g\u00fcey.\u201d (\u201cG\u00fcey\u201d is Spanish slang, most commonly used in Mexico, akin to \u201cdude\u201d in English.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carl B. Dwyer Jr., the NAACP\u2019s El Paso branch president, denounced the display at a news conference Monday morning as deeply hurtful to Black Americans, for whom the KKK has been a real-life terror since the Civil War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMany believe that it\u2019s just a joke,\u201d he said after supporters joined in to sing \u201cLift Every Voice and Sing,\u201d the hymn often referred to as the Black national anthem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt hurts,\u201d Dwyer said. \u201cIt hurts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

El Paso Police Chief Peter Pacillas said in a statement that the department was looking into whether the group, \u201creportedly including young people,\u201d violated any laws, including disorderly conduct \u201cor other applicable offenses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSymbols and language associated with the Ku Klux Klan represent a history of terror, violence, and racial hatred,\u201d he said. \u201cThey have no place in our community. Treating that history as a costume or a joke is unacceptable and contrary to the values of respect and safety that define El Paso.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artie C. Maxwell Jr., pastor of El Paso\u2019s Mount Zion Baptist Church, also spoke at Monday\u2019s news conference and provided historical context for a city that briefly sympathized with the Confederacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe may think that it is a joke, but it\u2019s not a joke when it comes to the lives that have come before us,\u201d he said. \u201cGod, that many have died at the hands of those who have worn those costumes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pacillas invited those with information about the incident to step forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFree expression has limits when it crosses into conduct that threatens public order or the safety of others,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dwyer urged local educators to remind students of history and its influence on the present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re calling on all of the superintendents, all of the school districts, please, speak up. Please, do something about this,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Police and the El Paso, Texas, branch of the NAACP are condemning a group of people, possibly including youths, who were shown wearing Ku Klux Klan-style white robes and hoods in viral social media videos. The videos show the group walking on a neighborhood street, which police indicated is in El Paso. 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