Police review El Paso group’s racist chants in Klan-style robes
A video circulating on social media shows at least eight people wearing Ku Klux Klan-style robes walking through an El Paso neighbourhood and repeatedly shouting a racial slur. The incident has prompted condemnation from local officials and community leaders, while police review whether the group broke any laws.
The footage’s date is unclear, but it began circulating on Sunday; the group reportedly included young people and was heading to a Halloween party. Police said disorderly conduct and other offences may apply, and Chief Peter Pacillas said the KKK’s symbols and language carry a history of racial terror. No identities have been released, and police reported no further updates on Wednesday.
In short
- Video shows a robed group shouting a racial slur in El Paso.
- Police are reviewing possible offences.
- City leaders and community representatives condemned the incident.
Explained simply
The Ku Klux Klan is a white supremacist group that used threats and violence, especially against Black Americans, to enforce racial segregation in the United States. Its white robes and hoods became widely recognised symbols of that history.
El Paso is a city in Texas near the US–Mexico border, with a large Hispanic community. Racial slurs and symbols associated with past violence can affect people beyond those directly targeted, and officials have said the imagery carries a history of racial terror.
Police are considering whether the people in the video may have committed offences such as disorderly conduct. The review concerns whether their actions broke the law; no identities have been released.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Shocking moment Texas teens dressed in Ku Klux Klan robes for Halloween walk through neighborhood shouting the N-word”.