NAACP, El Paso police condemn group wearing KKK robes in neighborhood

Videos circulated on social media over the weekend showed a group of people, possibly including youths, walking through a neighborhood in El Paso, Texas, wearing white robes and hoods resembling Ku Klux Klan attire, NBC News reported.

The El Paso branch president of the NAACP described the display as deeply hurtful to Black Americans, noting the KKK's history of terror since the Civil War. He emphasized that many view such acts as more than a joke.

El Paso Police Chief Peter Pacillas stated the department is investigating whether the group violated any laws, including disorderly conduct or other offenses. He condemned the use of KKK symbols and language as representing a history of terror, violence, and racial hatred.

Both the NAACP and police stressed that such displays have no place in the community and called treating this history as a costume or joke unacceptable and contrary to community values.