Ku Klux Klan Members Drive Through North Carolina Town To Hail Trump Victory

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Source: Huff post


12/05/2016 07:42 am ET Updated 5 minutes ago


Mary Papenfuss Trends reporter, The Huffington Post

Police in Roxboro, North Carolina, will hold a press conference Monday to address community concerns after a band of KKK members drove through the small town Saturday celebrating President-elect Donald Trumps victory in the recent election.

The parade was originally going to take place in Pelham, 40 minutes away from Roxboro. But organizers moved the event after protesters gathered in Pelham Saturday morning to confront the Klansmen, according to the Charlotte News Observer.

Two men were also arrested on Friday night after a stabbing at a KKK meeting in Caswell County, where Pelham is located.

Local police and state troopers blocked several intersections in a bid to keep the peace as the parade of vehicles waving American, Confederate and KKK flags zipped through the town of some 8,000 people. Men and women shouted White power! and Hail victory! Only a handful of bystanders watched. The parade was over in minutes, officials said. ......................

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-kkk-parade-north-carolina_us_5844eb97e4b017f37fe5591c?

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Natalie A. Janicello
?@natalie_allison

Close up photo of one of approximately 30 cars in KKK's "victory parade" this afternoon in Roxboro.







Natalie A. Janicello ?@natalie_allison Dec 3

KKK officer Amanda Barker tells me it was a "Trump victory parade." What she likes about Trump: "We actually kind of have the same views."
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Natalie A. Janicello ?@natalie_allison Dec 3

KKK leader on Trump win: "I’m not held down & now I can actually feel privileged & feel proud to be white once more."

[BumRushDaShow]

1. He called out to them

and they came.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Yes, "Victory" is the buzzword they are told to use

but it's hollow, fake as his hair, a total fraud

[Initech]

3. Worst ticker tape parade ever!

[wordpix]

5. ooh wow, 30 cars. Huuuge "parade," it was fantastic, the best

in the words of Trumpledolt

[Blue Shoes]

6. Thats really 30 more cars then there should have been. nt

[Sunriser13]

7. That's a Pennsylvania license plate...

... not that we don't have more than our share of the bastards that are local.

Just an observation.

Related regarding the follow-up gathering: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141632189