'Its out of hand': NC woman finds confederate flag on door, says she was targeted by KKK

STATESVILLE, N.C. (CNN Newsource/WCCB) - A North Carolina woman fears for safety after finding a confederate flag zip-tied to her front door.

She says this is the second time she's been targeted by a hate group.

"It's getting ridiculous, it's out of hand,” said Genesis Houpe.

Houpe says enough is enough. She believes her family is once again the target of a hate group. She says her boyfriend found the flags outside her front door Sunday morning.

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"He opened the front door and seen the zip ties and seen the flag zip-tied to the banister of the breezeway and he shut the door and he immediately woke me up,” said Houpe.

They called 911 and Statesville Police officers immediately showed up.

"I feel somewhat better knowing they are aware and taking it seriously this time,” said Houpe.

Last month, Houpe felt she was ignored by law enforcement after she found a KKK flyer stuck to her door.

"I did not feel protected at first, especially with the first incident being told to throw the flyer away, it was random. And then to have this and for them to say, ‘well maybe this isn't so random.’ Finally, somebody's listening,” said Houpe.

Houpe says the harassment began after she pushed Iredell County leaders to remove a 100-year-old Confederate monument from outside the county courthouse. But, last month, dozens of Statesville residents spoke out, urging commissioners to leave the monument alone -- in the end, the board did just that, deciding to take no action to relocate the statue.

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The removal of Confederate monuments is a hot-button issue that racial justice advocates say hate groups take seriously.

"We shouldn't be surprised because our report shows that the creation or the erection of these monuments happened at a time that white supremacists were interested in advancing that narrative so we should not be surprised at all that people who hold onto white supremacy would push back against them now,” said Lecia Brooks, Southern Poverty Law Center.

"There's no reason to target me or anybody else just because the color of my skin or anything that I’ve tried to do to bring this town to the new millennium,” said Houpe.

A man claiming to be a grand dragon of the KKK says the group is not responsible for hanging the flag.