A quiet Friday afternoon in Fells Point turned unsettling when a resident watering plants on the 1600 block of Thames Street spotted a clear plastic bag weighed down with rocks and holding a threatening note that referenced the “Sacred White Knights.” Officers arrived, collected the bag as evidence, and later pulled security footage that appears to show a vehicle rolling through the area in the pre‑dawn hours.
According to The Baltimore Banner, Baltimore Police responded around noon on Friday after getting a report of a suspicious package. Department spokesperson Vernon Davis told the outlet that the note inside the bag contained threatening language tied to the group. Investigators, the Banner reported, reviewed CCTV that appeared to show a silver Jeep driving through the area at about 2:30 a.m., with one or more people inside tossing objects from the vehicle.
Who Are the ‘Sacred White Knights’?
The name cited in the note lines up with a Ku Klux Klan offshoot that researchers trace to splinter factions within the Klan. The Anti‑Defamation League reports that the Sacred White Knights emerged from breaks in larger Klan organizations. The Southern Poverty Law Center classifies related outfits as white‑supremacist hate groups based in the Southeast.
Not the First Time
The bag in Fells Point is the latest in a string of flyer drops and similar propaganda that have cropped up in parts of South Baltimore in recent months, triggering community pushback and extra police attention. In November, Racist Flyers Marked With ‘KKK’ were reported in nearby Federal Hill, an episode that helped keep neighborhood groups on alert heading into the busy summer stretch. With local business and safety already front of residents' minds in waterfront nightlife spots like Fells Point, residents have become especially wary of suspicious packages and charged messaging left on stoops or sidewalks.
Investigation Ongoing
Baltimore Police say detectives are treating the find as a suspicious package case and are actively combing through video for clues. As reported by The Baltimore Banner, the surveillance footage under review appears to show a silver Jeep in the area at about 2:30 a.m., and officers have seized the bag and its contents as evidence. No arrests have been announced, and police are asking anyone with information to contact investigators.
Detectives continue to canvass the block and review material gathered so far. This story may be updated as authorities release additional details.
