Sweetwater, TN (WOKI) The Sweetwater Police Department is investigating the distribution of flyers that claim to be from the Ku Klux Klan.

Officials with the department took to social media stating that they are working to identify where the materials came from. Text on the flyers alongside a drawing of Uncle Sam tell people to “self-deport” and includes contact information that claims to be for multiple branches of the Ku Klux Klan.

“We are aware of racially motivated propaganda that has been distributed throughout our city,” SPD wrote. “We are actively working with neighboring agencies who have reported similar incidents in their areas. Our efforts are focused on identifying the source of this material.”

The department added that the City of Sweetwater Street Department and Parks and Recreation Department helped clean up hundreds of these flyers.

Anyone with information about who may have been involved in distributing the flyers is urged to call Sweetwater police’s non-emergency line at 423-442-4357.