Several Mechanicsburg residents Tuesday night shared frustrations with council members after they said business cards for the “Women of the Ku Klux Klan” (WKKK) were found in children’s candy bags following the borough’s Oct. 14 Halloween parade .

The business cards included the words “Invisible Empire,” “Family-Country-Liberty,” and “A revival of the American spirit,” alongside an email address and a central Tennessee phone number, posts on social media showed.

Mechanicsburg’s borough council members and mayor issued a joint statement regarding the business cards at the beginning of Tuesday’s council meeting.

“The reported distribution of hate-based literature at our community’s Halloween Parade has left us deeply saddened and disturbed. Although our Police Department reported no ill

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