“No, we’re going to burn you out,” he replied. “Are you going to chase me out of here?” Calderón asked. During the interview with Ilia Calderón, an anchor for Univision, Barker referred to her by a racist epithet. In August, Barker threatened to burn a black Colombian journalist who met him at his home for an interview. “We are Christian-based and uphold the Bible.” “We are not a hate group or openly show hate,” it reads. The Klan distills its tenets on one of the fliers encouraging people to join. We are a civil rights organization for white people. “Americans need to see there is another option. “White people are being discriminated against, and the Jewish-controlled media is trying to make us feel guilty,” Barker said. Last week, he attended a ceremony in Danville at which 12 new members were sworn in, he said. He said the group has been recruiting members across Virginia and several other states, and in Canada. More than two dozen such bags were delivered to homes in Winchester on Halloween night, the Winchester Star reported.Ĭhris Barker, 38, who describes himself as “imperial wizard” of the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, said in an interview Tuesday that his group is responsible for the fliers in Washington, Va., and the other communities. Similar Klan material delivered in bags turned up in Gore, Front Royal and Strasburg in September. This is the first time the community has been targeted, Compton said, but other nearby towns have been the subject of Klan recruiting this fall. Sheriff Connie Compton said law enforcement quickly canvassed the tiny town 70 miles southwest of Washington, D.C., and collected 50 to 60 similar plastic bags on the driveways of residences and businesses. Washington, the county seat of 270-square-mile Rappahannock County, has just 150 or so residents but is known for The Inn at Little Washington, a Michelin star restaurant that attracts diners from all over the world. “Why are they just picking on Little Washington?” “I thought it was kind of bizarre,” said Megan Smith, who found one of the bags in front of her house. A flier found by another resident attacked “Jews and their synagogues of Satan.” Both fliers listed addresses and a phone number for the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, which is headquartered in Pelham, N.C., near the Virginia border. The message inside denounced Black Lives Matter and urged recipients to join the Ku Klux Klan. Tuesday from a woman who found one of the bags on her driveway. The Rappahannock County sheriff received a call about 1 p.m.
They carried bird seed - and a flier promoting racist and anti-Semitic messages. Ed Lantz on Dr.Residents began noticing the little plastic bags Tuesday afternoon in Washington, Va.International Conventions Future and Past.The Oldest Lions Club in the World… That Almost Was!.Analysis of Melvin Jones’ Version of the Founding of LCI.Ultimately, the Depression provided the “coup de grace.” Pages Woods’ best efforts to eradicate it from the ROOL, the damage was done and the Order never fully recovered. The KKK, looking to expand its membership, invaded Indiana in 1920 and began infiltrating the Royal Order, finding it to their liking due to its secretive nature. This news article in 1923 was of the same period that the ‘Royal Order of Lions’ began its rapid descent as a viable organization.
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