Fliers in Medford neighborhood looked into as potential bias crime

MEDFORD TWP., N.J. - Medford residents are calling a sign posted on two streets unnecessary.

Zach Wilson woke up the morning after Halloween to find posters reading, “It’s ok to be white” outside his home. 

The sign was on a tree that was posted across from Wilson’s Black Lives Matter lawn sign. He believes the flier was put there in response to his sign.

According to the anti-defamation league, the saying has been used by the New Jersey-based white supremacist group. 

“It’s concerning and I don’t know if it is a person who saw the slogan and decided to use which it concerning you know,” Wilson told FOX 29. “I think that’s the problem, a group that uses an innocuous statement like that is using it so they would not get push back. I think you have to look beyond what those words are to understand the full context.”

It wasn’t the only sign in the neighborhood another posted popped up just a street away. It is unclear who placed the signs at this time.

Medford police are currently investigating. The incident is being looked into as a potential bias crime.

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