June 18, 2013

Idaho KKK Member Running for Sheriff Hosts Cross-Burning

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*A white power activist in Idaho campaigning to be the next Bonner County sheriff hosted a cross burning last week with fellow Ku Klux Klan members and is defending the ceremony as a historic Christian ritual, reports the Associated Press. Shaun Winkler, 33, said mainstream society misses the point about cross-lighting rituals, seeing them only [...]




Ex Klan Leader David Duke Mulls Presidential Run

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*Former Louisiana lawmaker and Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke is said to be flirting with a 2012 presidential run. The Daily Beast, in its article White Supremacist Stampede, says Duke is launching a 25-city tour this month “to explore how much support he can garner for a potential presidential bid.” Duke, a former grand [...]




Big Spence is Back in Sac!

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*Big Spence, graduate of the Sacramento area’s Del Campo High (DC) in 2002 is back in town working on the new feature film Ivy. Many of you know him as Marcus Spencer, football phenom from DC but now he goes by ‘Big Spence’ christened with the name by non other than 4 time Grammy-Award Winner [...]




LA County Judge (Harvey Giss) Admonished over Ku Klux Klan Comment

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*A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge who made an “offensive and inappropriate” reference to the Ku Klux Klan while presiding over a robbery trial involving two African American defendants was publicly admonished Wednesday by a state agency overseeing judges’ discipline. Judge Harvey Giss of the San Fernando Courthouse made the comments in July during [...]




Mississippi Governor Still Cleaning Up Image with Veto Talk for KKK License Plate

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*We sure are dealing with one slippery fish in Mississippi. The governor, in an attempt to regain credibility for the 2012 presidential race, is in the news backpedaling once again. We reported a controversial story on the seemingly schizophrenic governor back in December when he depicted the Citizens Council of his hometown as upstanding citizens that protected their community from [...]




Video: History Teacher Put On Leave Over KKK Costumes

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*A North Georgia teacher is on paid administrative leave and could lose her job after allowing four of her high school students to don mock Ku Klux Klan outfits for a class project. The sight of people in Klan-like outfits upset some black students at the school and led at least one parent to complain, [...]