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Grosse Pointe Park residents, officials speak out after KKK flag placed in home window
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GROSSE POINTE PARK — A Ku Klux Klan flag displayed in the window of a Grosse Pointe Park home has sparked outrage in the community.
On Feb. 16, the Grosse Pointe Park Public Safety Department responded to a home in the 1100 block of Wayburn Street after learning that someone had placed a KKK flag in the side window of a home facing a neighboring home where a Black family. In a statement, police said officers went to the home of the suspect to investigate, spoke with the suspect — a 31-year-old Grosse Pointe Park man — and asked him to remove the flag “due to its offensive nature.” The flag was taken down from the window, but the suspect could be facing harassment/ethnic intimidation charges, police said.