One Peoria neighborhood is stunned after they awoke this weekend to hate leaflets thrown in dozens of their front yards.

We want to warn you the nature of the letter is very offensive.

I spoke with dozens of residents in the quiet neighborhood just off Glen Avenue in Peoria. Many were appalled when they learned of this racially charged leaflet and some were fearful.

A quiet neighborhood on Woodview Avenue was rocked this weekend as dozens awoke Sunday morning to a racially offensive message.
The leaflet was folded and inserted in a plastic bag weighed down by sand. Many of the residents were appalled and angry.

"We would just like to make sure everybody knows we have a nice racially mixed neighborhood, and we don't appreciate this garbage...keep it outta here. Keep your racist thoughts to yourselves and everybody will be happy. That's all I have to say...this is insulting," said resident Mike Martin.

Martin says he saw several of the bags in front yards and driveways while walking his dog Sunday morning. After speaking with a dozen residents in the neighborhood, most declined comment for fear of retaliation.

The note was purportedly from the National Socialist Workers has disturbed a community many say is pleasantly diverse.

The headline of this note reads "Monkeys Escape from the Zoo."
The letter that is covered in racial slurs, makes reference to fighting and violence that has gone on in Peoria, and blames it on African–Americans.

The Peoria Police Department is currently looking into the matter.