Tag Archives: KKK

The Daily Beast reports: Missouri’s Republican Party filed suit Thursday to stop an honorary member of the Ku Klux Klan from running for governor under its banner. The petition says the GOP did not have a chance to vet Darrell McClanahan III and didn’t learn of his views and associations until after he filed a declaration of candidacy. “MSRC does …

The Montgomery Advertiser reports: Former state Rep. William “Will” N. Dismukes III has been convicted of one count of theft of property and could face “significant” prison time, Montgomery District Attorney Daryl Bailey said. Dismukes, a Republican, represented Prattville and portions of Autauga and Elmore counties in the Statehouse for one term but lost his bid for re-election last year. …

The Roanoke Times reports: A familiar Republican Party mascot pictured on the Patrick County GOP website hid Ku Klux Klan imagery in its negative space, before it was removed Friday. In the triangular white spaces between the legs of the Republican Party’s elephant mascot, black dots create the image of eyeholes. The image, since removed, bore an undeniable resemblance to …

Nashville’s ABC News affiliate reports: A Tennessee panel has moved forward on a final vote to remove the Nathan Bedford Forrest from the Tennessee Capitol. The bust of the Confederate general and KKK Grand Wizard still sat in the Capitol, months after a vote to remove it and two other statues. Thursday’s vote from the State Building Commission was the …

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports: Police Chief Anthony Campo resigned Tuesday following an incident in which he left a “Ku Klux Klan” sign on a Black officer’s desk, Sheffield Lake Mayor Dennis Bring said. The incident in question, which happened Friday, was captured on surveillance video inside the department’s booking area. Campo, who has been with the department for 33 …

The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports: A Hanover County man who told police he was a high-ranking member of the Ku Klux Klan was sentenced Tuesday to three years and eight months in jail for driving through a crowd of protesters in Henrico County last summer. Harry Rogers, 37, pleaded guilty last week to five misdemeanors: three counts of assault, and one …

The Family Research Council’s prayer of the day: Oh God, this new administration promises radical new changes. Be with Tony Perkins, FRC and all those who pray with us and support us. Help us to soldier up, not with carnal armor and weapons, but with spiritual. The Biden administration and Congress have promised to enact public policies beyond anything we …

Law & Crime reports: Outgoing President Donald Trump’s post-election campaign of “intimidation and coercion of election officials and volunteers” targets Black voters in violation of the Ku Klux Klan Act of the early Jim Crow era, civil right groups claim in a new complaint. Joining a lawsuit originally brought by the Detroit-based Michigan Welfare Rights Organization last month, the NAACP …

The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports: A Hanover County man and avowed Ku Klux Klan leader boasted on social media shortly after he drove through a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters in Henrico County in June, according to video shown during a trial on Monday. “They scattered like cockroaches,” said Harry H. Rogers, 36, in a Facebook live video he posted …

The Alabama Political Reporter reports: An arrest warrant has been issued for Alabama State Rep. Will Dismukes, R-Prattville, for felony theft from a business where he worked, Montgomery County District Attorney Daryl Bailey said Thursday. Dismukes is charged with first-degree theft of property in connection with a theft that occurred at his place of employment between the years 2016 to …

The Birmingham News reports: State Rep. Will Dismukes has stepped down as pastor of a Baptist church after the controversy over his speaking appearance at a birthday party for the founder of the Ku Klux Klan. Dismukes resigned as pastor of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Prattville on July 29 following three days of backlash resulting from a Facebook post …

The Associated Press reports: Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke has been banned from Twitter for breaking the social media platform’s site’s rules forbidding hate speech. The company said Friday that Duke’s account “has been permanently suspended for repeated violations of the Twitter Rules on hateful conduct.” It didn’t specify what exactly Duke posted that triggered the ban, but …

The Birmingham News reports: The Alabama Democratic Party renewed its call for a state lawmaker to step down after he posted on social media that he had a “great time” honoring Confederate Army General and Ku Klux Klan leader Nathan Bedford Forrest over the weekend. And while the state’s Republican Party isn’t asking Rep. Will Dismukes, R-Prattville, to resign, the …

Via email from hate group leader Tony Perkins: Ordinary people in this nation, well-meaning Christians even, want to believe that Black Lives Matter is just a crusade for racial justice. That it’s a peaceful group, if not a passionate one, fighting for civil rights. They buy into the sentiment, not realizing that what they’re really adopting in those three words …

The Springfield News-Leader reports: A video of a woman who was sitting on the parking lot of Dixie Outfitters Sunday night during a Black Lives Matter protest has gone viral. As of Monday afternoon, the video has more than 100,000 views and was shared more than 3,500 times. On Twitter, the video has been viewed more than 2.4 million times. …

Richmond’s CBS News affiliate reports: The Henrico Commonwealth’s Attorney said a hate crime investigation was underway against the self-proclaimed president of the Virginia KKK. Harry Rogers appeared in Henrico Court Monday morning where he agreed to receive a court-appointed attorney. Rogers, 36, of Hanover, was formally charged with attempted malicious wounding (felony), destruction of property (felony), and assault and battery …

Hate group leader Tony Perkins writes: The abuse of power, disregard for human life, and the wanton destruction and uncontrolled rage we are witnessing in cities across our country, all flow from a society that is rapidly losing a sense of right and wrong, of transcendent truth. This loss of a moral consensus is not a new development; what’s happened …

Newsweek reports: Officials have condemned a man in California who was pictured wearing a makeshift Ku Klux Klan hood while shopping at a supermarket. Pictures of the man wearing a white hood similar to one worn by the hate group at a Vons store in Santee, San Diego emerged on social media over the weekend. The incident occurred one day …

The Salt Lake Tribune reports: The Utah Attorney General’s Office will suspend use of a massive surveillance system after a news report showed that the founder of the company behind the effort was once an active participant in a white supremacist group and was involved in the shooting of a synagogue. Damien Patton, who helped launch and now leads the …

Religion News Service reports: Inspired by a family in Georgia, a Christian movement to erect crosses decorated with Christmas lights during the pandemic has taken off nationally as a symbol of positivity and prayer. As part of a grassroots initiative people are calling both Faith Over Fear and Faith Not Fear, lit-up crosses are appearing in front yards from Kentucky …