A supposed KKK sighting in a small Rhode Island town caused national outrage last week — until police revealed it was all a hoax staged by two brothers looking for internet fame.
Surveillance video from West Warwick showed a figure in a white robe and pointed hood walking near a business around 2 a.m. The footage quickly spread online, with many on the left immediately blaming “MAGA racists” and claiming the town was being terrorized.
Ryan Fitzgerald and his brother Sean admitted they were behind the entire stunt. Ryan wore the outfit while Sean filmed it. They claimed they did it to go viral and push Ryan’s personal views about race in society.
**Watch the original hoax video that fooled so many:**
The brothers even filmed themselves reacting to the “sighting,” with Ryan saying, “When you see a pointy hood and two eyeballs staring at you… what the hell else is it?”
After the story exploded, police confirmed the two men acted alone with no connection to any hate groups. The Fitzgerald brothers later spoke to local media. Ryan showed zero remorse, while Sean said he regretted participating.
This is yet another example of the left’s hair-trigger reaction to anything that fits their “systemic racism” narrative. Without a shred of evidence, they immediately assumed it was a right-wing hate crime. Now that the perpetrators turned out to be two locals pulling a stunt, the outrage has quietly disappeared.
If the brothers had been conservatives or Trump supporters, you can bet the national media would still be running wall-to-wall coverage demanding investigations into “rising right-wing extremism.” Instead, because it doesn’t fit the script, the story is already fading away.
The mainstream media and blue-check activists rushed to judgment once again — and once again they were wrong. But don’t expect any apologies.
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