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Vandals Hang Racist Flyers in Apartment Complex

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Police are considering charging suspects responsible for racist flyers hung in a California apartment complex with a hate crime, according to Fox 26.

Residents discovered fake flyers with a derogatory message targeted towards African Americans at the Arbor Place Apartments in Fresno, CA. The flyer read, “Due to the recent occurrence of criminal activity in our neighborhood, we regret to inform you that Arbor Place Apartments is no longer considering applications to rent from African American individuals for the time being.”

Mark Ritter, an African-American resident of the complex, has lived at the apartment complex for 13 years and finds the claims “absurd.”

“I personally know all of the management and they’ve always been great with me and accommodated me on several occasions,” Ritter said, according to Fox 26.

The fraudulent flyers were posted on Facebook and Twitter and caused a social media firestorm. Apartment management received angry calls from all over the nation.

John Cardot, a spokesman for Arbor Place Apartments, called the flyers “damaging.”

“The problem is that people are putting this stuff out don’t realize how damaging it can be,” he told Fox 26. “Unfortunately, today there were many calls inquiring as to whether the posting on Facebook page was true, not only did it take a lot of time by the employees, but there was some legitimate concern. There was a fear that a lot of people would believe that we could potentially lose tenants or there could potentially be protests.”

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