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(KMOV.com) -- A letter sent to an interracial couple in Jefferson County has police officers on alert.

The letter, which used racist language and carried a threat of violence, was hand delivered the day after Christmas to the family’s home in Crystal City.

A knock on the door at 2 p.m. drew the couple’s attention, but when they opened the door there was only the message waiting in their mailbox, sent from The Sons of Liberty. The letter said the group has pledged to take up arms against all enemies of the United Sates and, in its most offensive language, says that includes:

“…rag-heads, mixed breeders and their offspring.” It goes on to say the group, “will strike our enemies when the day comes.”

There is a militia group called Sons of Liberty with chapters in Illinois. Video at http://www.kmov.com/news/crime/Crystal-City-interracial-couple-receive
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The Sons Of Liberty have been actively recruiting new members and connecting with other hate groups across the United States, using social media. On the hate group’s facebook page it explicitly says they seek to stay under the radar while expanding their influence:



In 2010, after the President signed the ACA bill into law, a right-wing blogger by the name of Mike Vanderboegh called on The Sons of Liberty to attack democratic party offices. Following this, windows were smashed out in Democratic offices across the country. ( http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/25/AR2010
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The facebook page( https://www.facebook.com/TheSonsOfLibertyUS) is filled with your typical right-wing fanatic rantings, climate change denial, Benghazi hysteria, liberal bashing and numerous rantings about the horrors of being asked to pay taxes. And of course there are many pictures of guns, including a ‘Merry Christmas’ meme, which features a handgun. Also on the Sons Of Liberty Facebook page, a post supporting pedophile Phil Robertson and his anti-gay hate speech. Add to this toxic mix posts in which all Muslims are grouped into the category of ‘evil,’ and comments where Muslims are referred to as ‘goat herders.’ There is also a lengthy Facebook post in which the page admin talks about how the Democrats shoved a black president down people’s throats, thereby destroying America and setting race relations back hundreds of years.

There's also a right wing radio program, called Sons of Liberty Radio. The radio show, while claiming to be doing “God’s work,” carries the same type of extreme right-wing, tea party propaganda that can be seen on the group’s Facebook page and in the letter in question.

It’s chilling to consider the possibility that they may have “people scattered all over the country,” who are conspiring to ‘strike’ their perceived enemies ‘when the day comes.’ Under federal law, a threat like this would be considered a hate crime. The fact that the letter was placed into the family’s mailbox, may also make it possible for authorities to charge the people responsible with other federal crimes.