— Buffalo News reports: “Police probe cross found on front lawn”
— “South District police Monday were investigating possible racially motivated harassment on Edgewood Avenue where a resident found a wooden cross with the initials ‘KKK’ etched at its center on his front lawn.”
— “The cross was found on top of yard debris near the curb in front of his home, according to police reports. The resident reported the incident to police late Monday morning.”
— “Edgewood is located between Mc- Kinley Parkway and Abbott Road, about two blocks from Mercy Hospital.”
— “‘No one knows where it came from,’ said Michael J. DeGeorge, Buffalo police spokesman. ‘It does not appear the individual was threatened.’ ”
— “DeGeorge asked anyone with information to contact police on the confidential tipcall line at 847-2255”

— WIVB reports:
— “It was certainly a shock to see a cross in his front yard. The man, whose identity we are concealing, said he didn’t actually realize what it was at first. The man, from south Buffalo, tells News 4 he saw it laying in his yard a few days ago, but thought it was just scraps of wood. It wasn’t until this morning that he saw what it really was.”
— “‘I noticed that it was in the shape of a cross. So I picked it up and didn’t really realize what was written on the other side, but when I flipped it over I noticed it was a KKK symbol,’ said the victim”

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