wow, that picture I posted above has made its way to the local news!
KKK Members Out Recruiting In Park Hills, Missouri
(KMOV) -- Ku Klux Klan members were out in full uniform Saturday in Park Hills, Missouri, handing out flyers and stirring up some discussion.The Park Hills Police Department received numerous complaints about the KKK members handing out flyers along main street. A spokesperson for the department said they asked the members to leave. The members left peacefully without any arrests or trouble.Reverend B.T. Rice from he NAACP in St. Louis County said, "obviously they understand this is Black History Month and they want to make a point that racism is still alive and it's still very much being propagated throughout the community in Missouri. Secondly I think it's important that we bring these issues to light so they don't continue to spread and swell."One woman in Park Hills was so disturbed by the hooded people's presence that she posted a picture on the KMOV.com Facebook page and voiced her concern.
The Park Hills Police Department received numerous complaints about the KKK members handing out flyers along main street. A spokesperson for the department said they asked the members to leave.
The members left peacefully without any arrests or trouble.
Reverend B.T. Rice from he NAACP in St. Louis County said, "obviously they understand this is Black History Month and they want to make a point that racism is still alive and it's still very much being propagated throughout the community in Missouri. Secondly I think it's important that we bring these issues to light so they don't continue to spread and swell."
One woman in Park Hills was so disturbed by the hooded people's presence that she posted a picture on the KMOV.com Facebook page and voiced her concern.
7 more super creepy pictures there (see especially the second photo in the slideshow - not sure if this link will work or not: http://www.kmov.com/news/local/KKK-members-out-recruiting-in-Park-Hills-Missouri-116547173.html?gallery=y&c=y&img=1#gallery-image)
― Z S, Saturday, 26 February 2011 16:39 (thirteen years ago) link
ugh, some of those comments below the article
― Z S, Saturday, 26 February 2011 16:58 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/21/police-ku-klux-klan-florida-fruitland-park
― 龜, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 16:04 (nine years ago) link
"I'm shocked that this state, which has on its books laws that are used to legalize killing black people, would have people in municipal police departments who participate in hate groups"
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 16:32 (nine years ago) link
Poll?
http://i.imgur.com/bkymjGt.png
http://i.imgur.com/u0W2SQd.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/B79AxJy.png
Racists hosting talk radio programs. What has the world come to.
― pplains, Sunday, 11 January 2015 03:59 (nine years ago) link
torn between cross examine and stories with grandma
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 11 January 2015 04:05 (nine years ago) link
CrossExamine -- now there's a creepy name for a KKK show
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Sunday, 11 January 2015 04:09 (nine years ago) link
"Stories With Grandma" though the perfect title for a racist talk show.
"Freedom Rings" is also ok if you picture them getting onion rings confused with french fries.
― pplains, Sunday, 11 January 2015 05:15 (nine years ago) link
Freedom Ringtones
― contenderizer, Sunday, 11 January 2015 07:23 (nine years ago) link
Money Matters But Not As Much As Skin Colour
― Rallsballs@onelist.com (stevie), Sunday, 11 January 2015 10:51 (nine years ago) link