Shocking video shows group of adults in KKK costumes at Halloween fire hall dance

Shocking footage has emerged showing a group of adults successful Ku Klux Klan costumes astatine a Halloween occurrence hallway creation successful Nova Scotia, Canada.

At slightest 4 group were wearing nan achromatic robes and pointed hoods associated pinch nan dislike group astatine a Halloween arena astatine the North Sydney Firefighters Club connected Saturday.

One of nan group successful nan KKK attire was besides holding a ample cross. 

North Sydney Fire Chief Lloyd MacIntosh said 'a correction was made,' adding that nan 4 individuals should not person been allowed successful nan party.

MacIntosh claimed nan 4 group were fto successful by volunteers moving nan doorway and were allowed to enactment aft nan transverse was confiscated and nan men told to region their hoods. 

The images of nan KKK costumes person outraged nan community, pinch galore expressing anger that nan 4 group were allowed to participate and enactment astatine nan dance.

Local Jason MacLean, who is black, telling the CBC the group's actions were hurtful and arguably hateful.

'This is wherever group request to not awkward distant — it was a racist act,' he added.

Tia Upshaw, CEO and laminitis of Canada's Black Women successful Excellence, told Global News she was disgusted by nan images.

'This is 2024 and this is what we’re still doing? This is what we’re still fighting?' she said.

'Ku Klux Klan, KKK, I don’t attraction what stone you’ve travel from under, everybody knows what they guidelines for, who they were and what that represents for Black individuals,' Upshaw added. 

Quentrel Provo, CEO of an statement called Stop nan Violence, said it was 'just different illustration of nan racism successful Nova Scotia.'

He added: 'The truth that this was astatine an arena and nary 1 kicked these individuals out, felt uncomfortable aliases said up until aft nan truth speaks volumes.'

The North Sydney Firefighters Club has clarified it is not associated pinch nan 4 individuals, who person not been identified. 

'We made a mistake!' nan group said. 'We apologize to immoderate and each of our organization who were offended aliases wounded by our deficiency of actions. 

'These 4 individuals are successful nary way, style aliases shape associated pinch our organization. We committedness to do amended successful nan future.'

Cape Breton lawman occurrence main Wade Gouthro, who was not astatine nan event, besides apologized complete nan incident connected a Facebook post published connected Sunday.

'I tin show you this, nan members of North Sydney and myself are very sorry from nan bottommost of our hearts and we inquire for your forgiveness,' he wrote.

'I will guarantee you that we are each hurting successful our hearts coming that we person disappointed a organization that we activity truthful difficult to make amended and protect.

'We would surely ne'er intentionally wounded aliases reproach anyone sloppy of race, color, predisposition aliases religion. We walk each of our clip trying to do correct by nan organization and are present to do each we tin for anyone.'

'When we person Halloween dances you ne'er cognize what you are going to spot travel done nan door. Most times we think, "Ah, it is simply a costume," without really reasoning of nan large image aliases nan past it represents, main Gouthro added.

Cape Breton Regional Police has said they are looking into nan incident.