Has the KKK infiltrated and compromised the Michael Brown investigation?

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Thursday November 13, 2014 · 2:59 PM PST

2014/11/13 · 14:59

Up until now, I have focused most of my ire about the investigation into Michael Brown's homicide in Ferguson by police officer Darren Wilson upon St. Louis County DA Bob McCulloch's unorthodox presentation of that homicide to the St. Louis County Grand Jury. (McCulloch is not asking the GJ to issue an indictment; he and his staff instead are taking the unusual though not entirely unprecedented step of putting all the evidence and witnesses before the GJ and asking the GJ to sort matters out as to whether probable cause exists.)

But earlier today, a comrade here (afisher) brought to my attention a very interesting article on Mediaite about KKK efforts to recruit in the St. Louis area. Buried mid-way down in the article is a Chris Hayes segment where he interviews Frank Ancona, the head of the Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.

http://www.mediaite.com/...

It's an interesting interview, starting with predictable sewage of right-wing racist invective and fear-mongering. About 4'50" in, though, the conversation takes a very interesting turn.

KingCharlemagne

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Wednesday November 12, 2014 · 10:37 PM PST

2014/11/12 · 22:37

This is probably no surprise to the regulars who frequent this board, but the Traditionalist American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (TAKKKK), a group classified as an 'Active Hate Group' by the Southern Poverty Law Center, is now distributing flyers in the St. Louis area recruiting new members and warning protesters of Michael Brown's extra-judicial execution in Ferguson that protesters risk death ("deadly force") for protesting.

The story below contains a reproduction of the TAKKKK recruiting flyer near its bottom:

http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/...

Have you read the Amnesty International report on human rights abuses in Ferguson?

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Saturday October 25, 2014 · 7:52 AM PDT

2014/10/25 · 07:52

Amnesty International Report on Human Rights Abuses in Ferguson, MO

I don't think I need to detail Amnesty International's widely respected pedigree here. Suffice it to say that the human rights organization has documented, for the first time in its history, systemic and wide-ranging human rights abuses occurring inside the United States.

The AI report is simply put, devastating. I don't think I need to rehash the circumstances of Brown's death yet again, nor do I need to detail the litany of abuses committed by Ferguson PD, St. Louis County law enforcement and St. Louis Highway Patrol officers. This report outlines them cooly, calmly and, thus, almost irrefutably.

If you have not yet read this report, you really should. The section at the end includes sound recommendations for every level of law enforcement, up to and including the U.S. Department of Justice.

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