鈥楴on-Violent鈥� Klan Claims Victory
When the Church of the National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan revealed yesterday that it was calling off a rally scheduled for tomorrow in Cullman, Ala., the group didn鈥檛 give a reason.聽 鈥淚 think some of their speakers had a conflict in scheduling,鈥� Cullman police officer Lisa Dodson told the Cullman Times.
That didn鈥檛 stop Ken Mier from quickly taking credit for the cancellation. Mier, the self-described 鈥渋nvestigator鈥� for the supposedly nonviolent Alabama Ku Klux Klan, made headlines earlier this month when he announced that his Klan group, who he described as descendants of 鈥渢he Non Violent, True Southern Christian Klanspeople,鈥� would be holding a counter-demonstration in Cullman to protest the National Knights鈥� use of threats and racial slurs.
鈥淲e of the Alabama Klan have lived up to our word,鈥� Mier wrote in a comment to Hatewatch. 鈥淭he CNKKKK have canceled their Jerry Springer stage show in Cullman. We consider this a victory for the Christian residence [sic] of Alabama. In addition the people of our organization would like to extend a very special thanks for the absence of negative coverage of our actions.鈥�
Mier signed his comment, 鈥淭he Alabama Klan . . . WWJD [What Would Jesus Do]?鈥�
