Texas police have launched a probe after a group in white supremacist regalia was filmed in El Paso<\/p>\n
A group dressed in Ku Klux Klan (KKK)-style robes and pointed hoods has sparked outrage in Texas after videos of the Halloween stunt went viral, prompting a police investigation.
\nThe footage shows several people dressed in the white supremacist group\u2019s distinctive attire walking through a residential neighborhood in El Paso and shouting racial slurs. According to local social media accounts, they were teenagers attending a Halloween party.<\/p>\n
DISTURBING: A group dressed in KKK robes for Halloween filmed themselves yelling a racial slur. The El Paso clip is sparking outrage online. #ViralVideo #Halloween https:\/\/t.co\/b7EHLLni0c\u2014 ONNews (@ONNxews) October 27, 2026<\/p>\n
El Paso police said on Monday that they were reviewing the footage and related reports to determine whether any laws had been broken.
\n\u201cSymbols and language associated with the Ku Klux Klan represent a history of terror, violence and racial hatred,\u201d El Paso Police Chief Peter Pacillas said in a statement on X on Monday. Treating such imagery as \u201ca costume or a joke is unacceptable,\u201d he added.
\nThe incident also drew condemnation from the local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
\nIn a statement cited by local media, the NAACP expressed \u201cutter outrage, disgust and righteous indignation\u201d over the imagery.
\nWearing KKK-style clothing is not in itself a crime under US law, although threatening or intimidating conduct may constitute an offense.
\nFounded after the US Civil War, the KKK became notorious for terrorizing racial and ethnic minorities, primarily blacks, through murder and various forms of intimidation. Membership peaked at an estimated 4 to 5 million people nationwide during the mid-1920s, at a time when only 10-11 million Americans were black.<\/p>\n
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The incident follows several other recent controversies involving KKK imagery across the US.
\nEarlier this month, the University of Maryland suspended its club tennis team indefinitely after members circulated tournament materials featuring KKK-style hoods incorporated into the state flag. The images prompted complaints from students at Howard University, a historically Black institution.
\nIn September, a man wearing KKK robes near a Trader Joe\u2019s supermarket in California was arrested for public intoxication. Police said there was no evidence of a hate crime and that wearing the offensive costume was not itself illegal.
\nLast Halloween, a student in Tennessee was sent home and disciplined after appearing at school dressed as a KKK member. The student had reportedly initially claimed to be wearing a priest\u2019s costume.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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