Flier containing nonsensical racist rant turned over to CPD, mayor’s office

COLUMBUS, Ind. — A two-page flier ranting about student indoctrination by socialists and left-wing ideology, cult activity by a yoga group and various complaints about Bartholomew Consolidated School Corp. administrators and teachers has been turned over to Columbus police by school resource officers.

The flier, which makes racist accusations, states Black leaders in the community are spreading “racial and anti-America woke idealogy.”

The flier, which was thrown out on to sidewalks, parking lots and elsewhere around Bartholomew County, also resulted in a notification about the flier to Columbus Mayor Jim Lienhoop’s office, with the email from a Columbus resident describing it as “libelous litter.”

Lienhoop responded by saying, “Not at all what we want to see/hear in our community.”

When police were contacted, they said they are working with school resource officers on the matter.

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