KKK flag, sign placed on North Georgia building

A Ku Klux Klan flag, a Confederate flag and a sign were placed overnight on a building in downtown Dahlonega, Channel 2 Action News reported Thursday.

Dozens protest KKK sign placed on historic building https://t.co/C1Kxen9tlh | @LoriWilsonWSB LIVE at 6:32 pic.twitter.com/phDNlIiujq
— WSB-TV (@wsbtv) February 17, 2017

Lumpkin County deputies contacted the building’s owner, Roberta Green, who got the flags taken down and is working to get the sign taken down, the station reported.

Deputies will investigate the situation if Green files a report, Channel 2 reported.

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