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Related: About this forumKKK fliers to recruit Iowans draw ire
KKK fliers to recruit Iowans draw ire
Van Buren County sheriff has received 20 complaints on Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan is recruiting in Iowa with renewed vigor, alarming citizens contacted by the group.
The Klan, a white supremacist group that dates to 1865 and the end of the Civil War, has distributed fliers inside sealed plastic bags weighed down with rocks beneath mailboxes in Van Buren County.
The fliers began appearing March 29. Van Buren County Sheriff Dan Tedrow said his office has received about 20 complaints from communities including Keosauqua, Douds and Cantril.
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20130409/NEWS/304100044/KKK-fliers-recruit-Iowans-draw-ire
Van Buren County sheriff has received 20 complaints on Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan is recruiting in Iowa with renewed vigor, alarming citizens contacted by the group.
The Klan, a white supremacist group that dates to 1865 and the end of the Civil War, has distributed fliers inside sealed plastic bags weighed down with rocks beneath mailboxes in Van Buren County.
The fliers began appearing March 29. Van Buren County Sheriff Dan Tedrow said his office has received about 20 complaints from communities including Keosauqua, Douds and Cantril.
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20130409/NEWS/304100044/KKK-fliers-recruit-Iowans-draw-ire
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KKK fliers to recruit Iowans draw ire (Original Post)
cyberswede
Apr 2013
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AnotherMcIntosh
(11,064 posts)1. Probably some high-school or college kids.
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)2. If only...
Though he may only be as mature as a kid.
Frank Ancona of Park Hills, Mo., claimed responsibility for distributing the fliers as part of a membership drive and an effort to be more open about the Klans activities and goals.
Acona said he has served five years as Imperial Wizard for the modern strain of the Klan that calls itself the Traditionalist American Knights. Ancona, 47, was featured on a recent Discovery Channel documentary, KKK: Beneath the Hood.
Acona said he has served five years as Imperial Wizard for the modern strain of the Klan that calls itself the Traditionalist American Knights. Ancona, 47, was featured on a recent Discovery Channel documentary, KKK: Beneath the Hood.
47of74
(18,470 posts)3. No kidding
People like Mr. Ancona aren't even as mature as most toddlers.
Bluzmann57
(12,336 posts)4. Doing this crap again?
I remember a few years ago they tried to recruit people in Dubuque and the good people up there told them to go to hell. Heck, I was in Janesville, Wisconsin and nearly punched one of them in the face, but a cop told me not to or I would go to jail.