KOKOMO, INDIANA ¨C The lettering is crude, scrawled in black spray paint on the sidewalk in front of Karen Peters¡¯ neatly kept home in the quiet, working class neighborhood where she¡¯s lived most of her life. But the contempt is clear.
¡°KKK Bitch.¡±
The racially charged graffiti appeared in mid-October on cars, homes and telephone poles in the small city of Kokomo, Indiana. Many victims, like Peters, were African-American, though some were not. Many also had lawn signs for Democratic candidates in this week¡¯s presidential election, and the signs at several homes were painted over with the Ku Klux Klan¡¯s notorious initials.
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