The Ku Klux Klan was founded Dec. 24, 1865 by Democrats for the sole purpose of terrorizing Republicans. They lynched 3,466 Blacks and 1,297 Whites. It was not just about race, it was about intimidation and control. Michael Harris This from the article linked below: Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach (R) compared the tactics used by hundreds of protesters who marched on his home over the weekend to “KKK-type of intimidation” on the Glenn Beck radio program Tuesday. Targeted for his work on combating illegal immigration, Kobach has certainly faced opposition in the past, but it has always been in public locations. Now, he says, “the left has crossed a line” by surrounding his home. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, April 22, 2013, before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on immigration reform. (Photo: AP) Kobach said he is asking prosecutors to look into how the mob may have violated civil rights laws, explaining: “They’re called the Klan Laws…a set of laws that say you cannot intimidate an official by trespassing on his property threatening violence, [and] you cannot intimidate an individual by threatening violence so that they don’t vote or don’t exercise their civil rights.” After Beck noted that Martin Luther King, Jr. faced similar intimidation tactics, Kobach agreed: “This is exactly — they’re just not wearing white cloaks — but this is exactly KKK-type of intimidation.” The secretary of state proceeded to describe what he has learned about the protesters, organized by a group called “Sunflower Community Action.” He said the group rose to prominence around the time ACORN shut down, has “lots of money,” and at least one full-time, paid community organizer. And what’s unique about this protest, he noted, is that it seems to have been designed specifically to intimidate him. It wasn’t staged in a public place, where there would be guaranteed press. It happened in a suburban neighborhood where he and his family would have been isolated (though thankfully they were out of town at the time). Read more here: theblaze/stories/2013/06/18/kkk-type-of-intimidation-kansas-sec-of-state-targeted-by-mob-asking-prosecutors-to-consider-using-klan-laws/
Posted on: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:14:02 +0000
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