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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri May 16, 2014, 09:57 AM May 2014

Former Alabama KKK Leader Gets Prison Time For Cross Burning

Source: TPM

ERIC LACH – MAY 16, 2014, 9:52 AM EDT

A former "Exalted Cyclops" of the Ku Klux Klan, who was arrested along with his mother last year in connection to a 2009 cross burning in Ozark, Ala., was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison and three years of supervised release for his role in the incident.

Steven Dinkle, 28, pleaded guilty in February to hate crime and obstruction of justice charges. Prosecutors had accused Dinkle and one of his KKK recruits, Thomas Smith, of building a six-foot wooden cross, driving it to a predominantly African-American neighborhood in Ozark, and setting it on fire in view of several homes.

The Justice Department has described Dinkle as a former Exalted Cyclops of the Ozark chapter of the International Keystone Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.

Dinkle’s co-conspirator, Smith, has also pleaded guilty and is scheduled to be sentenced in August. Dinkle's mother, Pamela Morris, is facing two counts of perjury in connection to the investigation of the cross burning. The Justice Department has described her as "the former secretary of the KKK chapter." Her trial is set for August.

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Former Alabama KKK Leader Gets Prison Time For Cross Burning (Original Post) DonViejo May 2014 OP
Great shenmue May 2014 #1
Exalted Cyclops? Android3.14 May 2014 #2
Exalted Cyclops? Seriously? JoeyT May 2014 #3
See here now. reflection May 2014 #4
Two years later...... DeSwiss May 2014 #5

JoeyT

(6,785 posts)
3. Exalted Cyclops? Seriously?
Fri May 16, 2014, 12:57 PM
May 2014

Did the guy fail his charisma roll in court or his wisdom check for what constitutes a hate crime?

What's with all the ranks in the Klan sounding like D&D rejects? Grand Dragon, Grand Wizard, Exalted Cyclops. Are there Unicorns, Pegasuses, Bugbears, and Stirges too? Are the lowest ranking members Goblins or Kobolds?

Edited to add: On looking it up, it's far worse. Apparently it goes: Wizard, Dragon, Titan, Giant, Cyclops, Magi, Monk, Sentinel, Lictor, with special titles of: Genii, Scribe, Exchequer, Hydra, Fury, Goblin, Nighthawk. So now we all know what happens to racist D&D players when they grow up.

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