(The Center Square) – Community in the Cumberland County borough of Mechanicsburg came out in force Wednesday evening to rally against hate groups following the distribution of Ku Klux Klan material at the town’s annual Halloween parade.
Following the rally, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission hosted a town hall, which filled Buhrig’s Gathering Place to capacity and left several onlookers listening in through an open door.
At the “No Hate in Our State” event, panelists acknowledged the fear and pain evoked when hate groups target a town for recruitment and answered questions about how to respond…