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Thread #82347 Message #1508829
Posted By: Alba
24-Jun-05 - 09:42 AM
Thread Name: BS: Preacher Killin'
Subject: RE: BS: Preacher Killin'
I found this John: James Killen is the 80-year-old Baptist preacher and former Klansman accused of masterminding the murders of three civil rights workers on June 21, 1964. His defense argues that he was just a run-of-the-mill Klansman who took no part in decision making; the prosecution argues that he was a kleagle, or a recruiter, in the Mississippi Klan,which is the rank held by Senator Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia) in his State's KKK.
Killlen's trial is expected to be the last of a Klansman for a civil rights era murder. The perpetrators of that era's racism are dying or finding their way belatedly to prison.
Byrd, though, has suggested that he will seek another Senate term when his current one expires in 2006.
Run of the Mill KKK member! Nothing run of the mill regarding the KKK