A white nationalist group has been spreading their message via posters in Kansas City, Missouri and people aren't too happy about it.
According to their Facebook page, Identity Evropa is an American based identitarian organization dedicated to educating the people of European heritage about the importance of a Eurocentric identity.
The group was started by Nathan Damigo, a combat veteran of the Iraq war and the creator and host of the podcast, On The Front.
Groups like Identity Evropa support white supremacist or white separatist ideologies, often focusing on the alleged inferiority of nonwhites, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
After the group tweeted some photos of their posters in Kansas City on July 4, 41 Action News went to go find some of them.
We soon realized most of the posters had already been taken down. The posters went up Fourth of July weekend in major cities across the country.
Kansas City, KS.#FashTheCity pic.twitter.com/wL3UPHWUbR
— IDENTITY EVROPA (@IdentityEvropa) July 4, 2016
Some of the words on the posters read "our future belongs to us" and "our destiny is ours."
In our photos, you can see some of the scenes where the posters once were. All that’s left is an outline where the glue once held the poster.
One Twitter user posted a picture of the sign that used to be near Savoy Grill in Kansas City. It is crumbled and ripped in the photo.
@IdentityEvropa lol pic.twitter.com/DhXsZ1bL8j
— Un-ho-lee (@rcb187) July 5, 2016
Identity Evropa has taken more heat on Twitter from others too. Many people are saying they do not support the group’s message and want the posters taken down.
Folks in Topeka: leaving the Identity Evropa posters up where you find them enables fascism & white supremacists. Take them down. #ksleg
— Elise Higgins (@EliseHiggins) July 6, 2016
.@IdentityEvropa found this. Don't worry I threw it in the trash where it belongs pic.twitter.com/2XT2fPktqH
— Joe K (@_unproductive) July 6, 2016
@IdentityEvropa No you are not European, you are American. And you have no more claim to this country than any other citizen.
— Jennifer Allen (@Jenallen28) July 5, 2016
White supremacist group Identity Evropa tweeted photos of posters in "Minneapolis" less than 24 hours ago... #antifa pic.twitter.com/IQf25wCLDi
— Conflict MN (@conflictMN) July 4, 2016
But others say they support what the organization is trying to do.
@IdentityEvropa I heard y'all triggered some people in Kansas. Nice!
— Dissident Right (@adissidentright) July 6, 2016
@IdentityEvropa I'm an American Jew of PROUD European ancestry. I'll be following and joining your group. Thanks for having me!
— Eric Dondero R. (@DonderolibtR) July 5, 2016
@IdentityEvropa Good job guys. Gotta get some of those posters over here for Pittsburgh.
— Chester Copperpot (@VinlandPost) July 4, 2016
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