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Ku Klux Klan fliers distributed in Pangburn


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Updated: 2/10/2012 12:09 pm Published: 2/10/2012 8:09 am

PANGBURN, Ark. (AP) — Officials in Pangburn are investigating who distributed fliers downtown promoting a local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan.

Mayor Gary Doyle says the fliers only list a post-office box and a picture of a Klan member wearing a pointed white hood. Doyle says residents first reported the fliers Monday and that the police department is investigating.

But Doyle says the fliers are protected free speech — the only thing illegal is that they were posted on public utility poles.

The fliers promote the White County Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. But the national director of Ku Klux Klan LLC tells The Daily Citizen that the Pangburn group is not associated with his organization.

Director Travis Pierce tells the newspaper that many small, unofficial organizations form throughout the country.


 

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sickofthissht - 2/13/2012 10:50 PM
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Speechless good points made by all. Klan is a gang naacp is not. Im done on this one

sickofthissht - 2/13/2012 10:08 PM
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Speechless good points made by all. Klan is a gang naacp is not. Im done on this one

dilligaf - 2/13/2012 1:44 PM
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me501, apparently you didnt read my comment. I simply said the KKK can not be compared to the likes of the bloods or crips. Those two gangs alone are responsible for more black deaths than the KKK. My point, so you can see it again, was that people still think the white man is out to do harm to the black man, when in fact it is the black man hurting the black man.

me501 - 2/13/2012 11:41 AM
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@dilligaf The kkk has a history of violence and murder.From my knowledge they are savages in sheets.I have never heard of the NAACP torching a white family house or dragging a white man out in front of his family,hanging him by the rope...beating,burning and killing him.Now I dont know who sugar coated this part of history to you?but you might want to do a little research on the subject of kkk in America?

dilligaf - 2/13/2012 9:35 AM
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proud2bme, you are so ignorant. The Bloods & Crips are gangs that commit crimes. The KKK can not be compared to them. What the KKK is doing is no different than the NAACP. They are expressing their views. If you think the white race is out to do away with the black race, think again. Black on black crime is at its highest. The black race is doing away with the black race.

sparrowhawk60 - 2/12/2012 8:40 PM
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One word for it all.IGNORANCE leading to A NATION DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF FALLS. Historically proven FACT.

pchick - 2/11/2012 8:48 AM
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I do not have to respect the message, the group, or what they stand for. I do have to respect their right to free speach and assembly becuase I am an american and in this country everyone has those rights. I wonder sometimes if people who belong to racest groups and engage in this type of activity consider that people of every race are in the military and fight for us to keep those rights. It's kind of ironic when you think about it. I am not sorry that they distrubited those flyers regardless of how uncomfortable it has made some people feel, becuase they have the right to do so. The police should investigate this, though there is little they can do, but if it was a gang tag on a building makeing people upset, they would investigate that also, but again, little they could do about it. I am sorry that some people in our country have such closed minds and hard hearts that they gather in groups whose sole purpose is to intemidate and promote hate for people based soley on a physical attribute. The best thing that we can do for people like this is to pray for them and for their souls and for their victims both past and future. "Forgive them father, for they know not what they do". If we live our lives by that, and teach our children to do the same then we will raise a society and create a future for our children that doesnt dwell on hate but instead promotes love,. forgiveness, and acceptance.

sickofthissht - 2/10/2012 10:29 PM
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Dont really care. Let them group up and circle jerk if thats there wish. The klan no longer intimidates. But y'all are talking about 1st ammendments, yea but if there was flyers out there recruiting blood or crips I think they would be taken down. The klan thrived off of violence and hate. Now the whole world thrives off of violence and hate. What could an idiot in a hood do to me that my neighbor that looks perfectly normal and seems harmless cant do? I appreciate u wearing the hood at least I see my enemy! Im scared of more black people than a hooded clampett lol.

jleemar29 - 2/10/2012 5:17 PM
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LoveAll i agree with you and i would like to say that in God's eye if we are his people race doe not play a part in our lives.If you are followers of satan than yes you believe in racism.

TruthTeller - 2/10/2012 3:51 PM
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@LoveAll - I don't support any racist groups and have no love for anyone who does. However, if you believe the Black Panthers was a non-viloent group, then you either have a terrible memory or are completely lacking in simple research skills.
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