Trial Day 3 Update: SPLC Wins $2.5 Million Verdict for Teen in Klan Case

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BRANDENBURG, Ky. — In a blow to one of the nation’s largest Klan groups, jurors yesterday awarded more than $2.5 million to a teenager who was assaulted by Klansmen at a county fair in rural Kentucky.

The verdict is expected to shut down the Imperial Klans of America (IKA), which has 16 chapters in eight states. “We intend to collect every dime we can on the judgment and do everything within our power to put the Imperial Klans out of business,” said Southern Poverty Law Center President Richard Cohen at a press conference after the verdict announcement.

The SPLC sued IKA leader Ron Edwards of Dawson Springs, Ky., contending that members of his Klan group attacked a 16-year-old U.S. citizen of Panamanian descent because they thought he was an “illegal spic.” Also named as a defendant was Jarred Hensley of Cincinnati, who served nearly three years in state prison for assaulting the teenager at a county fair in northwest Kentucky.

http://www.splcenter.org/blog/



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[cbayer]

1. SPLC is a wonderful organization and well worth supporting.

They have some great publications as well. We need them now more than ever.

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2. Excellent! Bankrupt all KKK chapters!

[Turbineguy]

3. Yes, boys

Your pick-up truck with the Easy Rider rifle rack and the Truck-Nutz is going on the block. That and your double wide and your belt with your name tooled into the back so you can see what your name is when you pull your head out of your ass.

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4. kicking