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Eugene

(62,775 posts)
Sun Jun 18, 2023, 03:25 PM Jun 2023

KKK Members in Kentucky Pull Gun on LGBTQ+ Activists -- Police Let Them Off

Earlier DU thread: KKK Members in Kentucky Pull Gun on LGBTQ Activists - Police Let Them Go

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Source: The Advocate

KKK Members in Kentucky Pull Gun on LGBTQ+ Activists — Police Let Them Off

By ALEX COOPER
JUNE 17 2023 10:00 AM EST

Two alleged members of the Ku Klux Klan reportedly threatened people at a pro-LGBTQ+ rights rally in Kentucky on June 3 — one of whom even pulled a gun on the small crowd.

Police on the scene in Corbin, however, didn’t arrest them, according to a police report obtained by news site Raw Story.

The outlet reports that one of the men handing out KKK recruitment cards was identified in the report as Kenneth Hutton, 44. He’d previously worked for Corbin’s city government.

“He quit about a month ago,” Marlon Sams, Corbin’s city manager, told Raw Story.

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Read more: https://www.advocate.com/news/kkk-kentucky-lgbtq-gun-threat

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KKK Members in Kentucky Pull Gun on LGBTQ+ Activists -- Police Let Them Off (Original Post) Eugene Jun 2023 OP
Cops are KKK supporters there yankee87 Jun 2023 #1
Did the cops at least remove their own hoods and robes? Hermit-The-Prog Jun 2023 #2
Could be they are police agents provocateurs. n/t Phil01 Jun 2023 #3

yankee87

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1. Cops are KKK supporters there
Sun Jun 18, 2023, 03:34 PM
Jun 2023

Let's face it, the cops there are KKK supporters at worst, and just friends at best.

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