A Muslim family in Long Island discovered hateful, threatening messages in their mailbox on two separate occasions, leading police to launch a hate crime investigation into the incident.
According to ABC7NY, the message stated “KKK Hate Muslims, we will kill you, Jesus loves you,” along with the image of a swastika in red ink. I guess we’re going to pass over the irony of it reading “Jesus loves you” along with “we will kill you.”
Another message that was left written on a small paper plate read “the KKK is coming for you Muslims.”
The homeowner, a Bangladeshi immigrant insisted (rightfully) that this was not a prank, but a threat.
“It’s more of a threat to me than a prank, or it’s a very elaborately planned prank, which also shocks me to think that someone would go to that extent to pull that big of a prank,” she said. “So that takes me to the conclusion that it was not a prank, but a deliberate note, a threat note.”
The woman said that she and her husband have lived in Malverne for 20 years, and have never felt their religion was an issue until now.
“To my utter shock and horror, it was a threat note,” she said. “It was very unsettling, terrifying actually, to see it.”
She also said her children, ages 19 an 16, who were both born in America were also shocked by the messages.
“They were shocked beyond belief,” she said. “We’ve never had any problems with anyone. We very much love the neighborhood, so it was totally unexpected. Never before did we ever receive anything, or nothing of this was even hinted at us ever in the last 20 years we’ve been here.”
Read more at ABC7NY.
