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NEWS ABOUT: KKK

KKK stories: 6 news summaries

(Newser) - A KKK leader and one of his followers must pay $2.5 million in damages for the vicious beating of an American Indian teen in 2006, the Courier-Journal reports. Prosecutors hope the verdict in the civil trial will be economically devastating to the Kentucky-based Imperial Klans of America, the... More »

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Kentucky • hate crime • Ku Klux Klan • KKK • civil trial • American Indian

 Klan Recruit Slain in Initiation 

Woman shot as she tries to leave KKK ritual

Nov 12, 08 2:37 AM CST
(Newser) - A woman was murdered by a Ku Klux Klan leader after she backed out of an initiation ritual, according to investigators. The unidentified Oklahoma woman, who had been recruited on the internet, was about to join a Louisiana KKK group called the Sons of Dixie Brotherhood. After several rites, including... More »

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murder • Louisiana • Ku Klux Klan • KKK • Tulsa • initiation • Bogalusa • St. Tammany Parish

Mich. Letters Taunt Obama; Racist Vandals Strike Sign

Secret Service investigates mail threatening Dem, supporters

Sep 17, 08 3:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Secret Service is investigating anti-Obama letters sent to a local Democratic office and a business in south-central Michigan, the AP reports, even as authorities in Pittsfield Township, about 40 miles west of Detroit, say an Obama billboard was defaced with swastikas and Klan symbols overnight. One letter declares a... More »

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Barack Obama • Ku Klux Klan • Michigan • racism • vandalism • KKK • Obama 2008 • graffiti

Court Tosses Ex-Klansman's
Conviction in '64 Murders

Statute of limitations for kidnapping had expired, appeals panel rules

Sep 10, 08 3:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - A federal appeals court has thrown out last year's conspiracy and kidnapping conviction of an ex-Klansman involved in the murders of two black teens in Mississippi in 1964. Lawyers for James Ford Seale said they will seek to have the 72-year-old cancer patient, who was serving three life sentences, freed... More »

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kidnapping • murder • appeal • hate crime • James Ford Seale • Ku Klux Klan • Charles Eddie Moore • Henry Hezekiah Dee • conspiracy • KKK • civil rights • statute of limitations

Ex-Klansman Gets 3 Life Terms for
1964 Murders

72-year-old cancer patient says he'll appeal

Aug 24, 07 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 72-year-old ex-Klansman drew three life sentences today for his involvement in the 1964 murders of two black teens in Mississippi, the Clarion-Ledger reports. "Justice is ageless," the judge told James Ford Seale, who was found guilty in June of kidnapping and conspiracy in the abduction, beating, and... More »

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kidnapping • murder • hate crime • James Ford Seale • Ku Klux Klan • Charles Eddie Moore • Henry Hezekiah Dee • conspiracy • KKK • civil rights

Ex-Klansman Guilty in '64 Teen Murders

Convicted of kidnapping, 71-year-old faces life in prison

Jun 15, 07 7:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - A former Klansman was convicted yesterday of conspiracy and kidnapping in the 1964 murder of two black teenagers. The prosecution's star witness was a Klan member who said he and James Ford Seale stuffed the 19-year-olds into their trunk and drowned them in the Mississippi River. The jury deliberated for... More »

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kidnapping • James Ford Seale • Ku Klux Klan • Charles Eddie Moore • Henry Hezekiah Dee • conspiracy • KKK • civil rights

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