KKK Group Wants to Join ‘Adopt-A-Highway’ Program in GA to Support…Litter Removal
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Description: A Ku Klux Klan meeting in Gainesville, Florida, Dec. 31, 1922.
BLAIRSVILLE, Ga. (The Blaze/AP) — The Ku Klux Klan isn’t known for active environmentalism, but the group wants to join Georgia’s “Adopt-A-Highway” program for litter removal. The radical organization’s decision to participate in the government program could could force state officials to make difficult decisions on the application.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that state officials could be forced to choose between approving the request, denying it and facing a likely legal fight or ending the state’s 23-year-old Adopt-A-Highway program. The program features road signs for groups who volunteer to help beautify state highways.
At issue is an application filed by International Keystone Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Union County involving a one-mile stretch of Ga. 515 in the Appalachian Mountains. With a sign stating the group’s name being displayed prominently, there is obvious concern over the group’s request to be a part of the program.
Officials are likely being cautious because of a separate case in Missouri in which the KKK made the same request, was denied and a lengthy legal battle unfolded. In the end, the extremist group was victorious in securing a First Amendment victory. The AJC continues, providing commentary from both sides of the controversy:
Harley Hanson, who filed the application and said he is the exalted cyclops of the Klan’s Realm of Georgia, said the group is simply trying to be civic minded.
“We just want to clean up the doggone road,” the 34-year-old electrician from Blairsville, said in an interview with the AJC. “We’re not going to be out there in robes.”
But state Rep. Tyrone Brooks, head of the Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials called on state officials to reject the application from a “domestic terrorist group” even if it means a costly legal fight.
“This is about membership building and rebranding their name in a public way,” the Atlanta Democrat said of the KKK. “If the state approves [their application] then they are complicit.”
“I love my race. Does that make me wrong? I’m proud to be white,” Hanson also maintained. “We are good, decent Christian Americans, and what we’re trying to do is to work with the local community.”
The Georgia Department of Transportation is reviewing the request. State officials plan to meet with lawyers from the state Attorney General’s Office on Monday to decide how to proceed.
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Comments (72)
EqualJustice
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 11:36amJust tell them you’ve EVOLVED.
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 2:20pmThe only trash in GA is the KKK.
Report Post »DudleyDoRight
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 6:32pmWell, the KKK and other democrats.
Report Post »lisa2994
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 11:21amI don’t believe in hate groups of any kind..
Report Post »DesertDave54
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 2:33pmIf you’re not white, you CAN’T understand. If you are white, you’re just clueless. Blacks, and their white Marxist agitators, are destroying our schools, dumbing-down curriculum because the little monkey kids can’t comprehend what their white fellow students can.
Report Post »I’m sure you find n1gger music entertaining. If you’re a female, I’m sure you like the misogynistic lyrics of the rappers. Good for you! Oh, and there’s plenty of hate to go around there- cop killing, and the like. Hate? If you‘re THAT stupid and you can’t see it in our culture, you deserve what you get. Some of us will NOT comply. We will stand and fight.
Copo
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 3:31pmdesertdave, so because some black people are horrible all of them are. Using that logic I can conclude that all white people are evil because Hitler was. The color of someones skin doesn’t make them a bad person, their actions make them bad people. Is Herman Cain evil too?
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on June 12, 2012 at 1:52am@EndTheGOPTEA
Uh…aren’t you lying with dogs by posting here? What a racist sleeze bag you are – by your own so-called “logic”.
Progressives are tragically stupid. And racists like Dave are just tragic. Hopefully, both of you will grow up some day.
Report Post »OniMan
Posted on June 14, 2012 at 9:20amthe only people destroying our schools are the conservative morons that need to have everyone pass every grade without question, so that schools get more state money to further enhance their supposed productive class rooms…. no child left behind and the continued anti-union agenda of the right have screwed our kids and created a generation of ignorant no-nothings that will have little hope of a bright future all because conservatives don’t want to give teachers and public schools the money they deserve….
Report Post »TEARS FOR AMERICA
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 11:18amWhile they are at it they can throw themselves in the trash heap. Not much of Georgia believes the way they do and while they have a right to their opinion, it is as evil as Farrahkan and his ilk.
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 11:01amI did not know the KKK would still be around in this so called war on terrorism because there a christian version of the muslim brotherhood.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 11:14amThe Muslim Brotherhood is about to be in charge of the largest military in the middle east. What country and military are the Klan is charge of?
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on June 12, 2012 at 1:53amGonzo, Hitler was tight with the Muslim Brotherhood. It’s easy enough to verify that with a simple search.
You’re generally a bright fellow. Surely you can see the similarities between both of these Statist groups.
Report Post »flipper1073
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 10:53amWhile I Don’t Like Haters of any Color or Persuasion.
Report Post »This may not be a bad Idea.
Have the TEA Party Volunteer to clean up after the
OWS an Black Panther ect.Gatherings.
Show America who the True Environmentalists Are.
Conservatives !
Conserve ; to preserve, to maintain
Conservation ; preservation ; protection ; safe-guarding of
forests,rivers.
needmoinfo
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 10:25amEnlighten me. Isn’t it true that todays Klan is non-violent? Can you say that about the Black Panthers and like organizations? I don’t think this is the first time the Klan has applied to adopt a stretch of highway. You can be proud of your country, race, religion etc. and still do right by the rest of the planet and it’s inhabitants.
Report Post »rcampb10
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 11:26amIt is, and will allways be lop sided. The B P P can even advertise to kill some one “wanted dead or alive Zimmerman” BUt let a white person stand up, or even a group, and they are called Terrorists. its a damn shame… WE (Whites) in this country better learn to band together real fast, Or we will loose all that was worked for. Equal Justice, is not equal for all any more…
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on June 12, 2012 at 1:55amWOW! Non-violent?
Separation of the races by forced removal? So…when it’s the government holding the gun, that makes it alright?
Good lord The Blaze attracts a lot of Progressive Socialists. It’s crazy.
Report Post »Constructionist
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 10:24amThis highway adopted by the KKK
Report Post »Please DO NOT litter
(You know who we’re talking to…)
v15
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 2:53pm“P.S. We set all of the white memorial crosses on fire. Expect delays”
Report Post »Blazen420
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 10:18amWhat? A government agency is worried about how it’s morals will be veiwed? Bahahahahahaha! Only somewhere like NYC or Boston would you have apologetic, white, liberal, idiots, dictate who can and who can’t pick up trash along the highway.
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 10:13amSennetor [D.]Robert S. Byrd ws [grand Inquizitor] of the KKK, when they were in their first “trash-removal” program.
Report Post »nosharia
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 10:12amIf they allow this, then they need to allow the black panthers to adopt a highway as well.
Report Post »flipper1073
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 10:58amOnly way that‘s going to happen is if they’re all in Orange Jump Suits.
Report Post »geomann
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 10:03amThey’re going to put a bunch of guys wearing white hoods on the side of the highway in Georgia?
Anyone want to give me odds there will be an increase in hit-and-run incidents?
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 10:10amSennetor [D.] RobertByrd was [Grand Inqizitor] of theKKK when they were in their first “trash-removal” program.
Report Post »black9897
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 10:13amThey can start with themselves.
Report Post »Bobolinsky
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 9:53amThey do this every now and then. Community outreach you know. Like people are going to think, or even funnier say, “They can’t be that bad, they care about the environment. Let’s go to a cross burning and see what they have to say.”
Or imagine some galoot considering whether to join the Aryan Nations or the KKK. “Them skinheads have better uniforms, but the KKK really cares about the environment. Which to choose?”
On another note, I think it would be hilarious to see the KKK, in their robes, picking up trash. In fact, I’d make that a precondition for approving their application.
Report Post »MidWestWingedOne
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 9:44amThis happened near me and they renamed the section of Interstate to the Rosa Parks Highway. KKK changed their mind about wanting to adopt and maintain it. I found out later a dear friend in the FBI was the one who made that suggestion (he’s since passed). The issue wasn’t their right to do it but the possible attention and issues it might draw…someone picking up trash might get threatened or harassed or worse. It became a non-issue.
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on June 12, 2012 at 1:58amYou must live along 55, south of St. Louis.
Report Post »RightThinking1
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 9:19amI’m getting pretty tired of seeing those “Highway adopted by” signs. It has become a way of getting attention for not doing anything, and at taxpayer expense.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 11:38amI know, volunteers and private money?! What do the EMPLOYED UNION workers do then?
Report Post »oldcoyote
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 9:03amI think its great that they want to do something for their community.
Report Post »Magyar
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 9:00amExplain the difference between the KKK and the NBP…..
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 9:07amIt’s pretty black and white.
Report Post »RightThinking1
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 9:12amGonzo,
rofl
Report Post »Bobolinsky
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 10:03amGonzo, you have officially achieved status as someone who’s comments I look for and read.
…black and white… *why didn’t I think of that?*
Report Post »USPATRIOT101
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 10:30amI am unable to top Gonzo’s remark so I will just have to chuckle and move on.
Report Post »3monkeysmomma
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 11:05amGonzo for White House Press Secretary!
Report Post »Altair
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 8:41am“Litter removal.” Might radically change the demographics of Atlanta.
Report Post »JTThrasher
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 8:27am“Black Elected Officials.” That always works to promote everyone fairly in public offices. Every ethnic group is allowed to have representation…except one. Cause we are evil and stuff.
Report Post »bannedfromcommenting
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 8:14amMaybe the KKK would be better off loading 11 trailers with food for Mr. Beck because it’s all about being with like minded individuals.
How is Mr. Beck’s call for a new civil rights movement for white people coming along?
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 8:33amOh look the left has a troll!
The Supreme Court found much of affirmative action onerous.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regents_of_the_University_of_California_v._Bakke
We all know (except for liberals) to paraphrase “Animal Farm” that all animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others. This is certainly true of minority classification. It is why we have so many jokes about it. So much true in fact that it looks more like a spoils system than any sort of justice.
“Bakke was admitted to the medical school and graduated in 1982. Patrick Chavis, one of the black students originally admitted through the university’s affirmative action program, in Bakke’s place, had his medical license revoked in 1998 by the Medical Board of California due to his “inability to perform the most basic duties required of a physician,” such as being, “grossly negligent in his care of seven liposuction patients–including one who bled to death after he abandoned her bedside.”"
Report Post »cosette
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 2:58pmI wasn‘t aware of Glenns’ call for an “new civil rights movement for white people”. I find that idea perfectly logical. If it‘s true I’d love to join. If the KKK is ideologically simpatico with Glenn I’ve never heard him speak of it. If you did I’d like to know your source. If not you’re a liar. As for the KKK, they are no longer involved with violence against minorities. Blacks have picked up where the Klan left off.. Research “black on black crime” and see for yourself. The KKK would probably love to thank them for their support.
Report Post »Apple Bite
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 8:13amSo what’s the problem here? I’m way past the point of caring about somebodies past and their desire to change their ways, not when we have the NBP and NOI being fools and threatening to kill a man that’s potentially innocent. We all know what the issue is, the infamous “Race Card” is being played, and the dummies are about to fall for it out of spite.
And just to be sure history is correctly stated, the KKK was the original OWS that helped create the Democratic Party. Keep the wheels turning and let’s see what they come up with.
Report Post »Crazy Times
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 7:58amIf they want to pick up trash, all they have to do is look no further than the mirror and jump in a dumpster, what a bunch of mislead white litter.
Report Post »misteryuck
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 7:57amDo the Black Panthers have an adopted hyway clean-up area anywhere?
Report Post »I say let them adopt the stretch. As long as they obey the law and keep the road clean, what it the big deal?
They are opening themselves up to a mess when the media makes a bid issue out of it. They will probably have more then their share of trsh to pick up and will wish they had never signed up….
I don’t agree with th KKK or the Klan with a Tan (Black Panthers/Nation of Islam) but as long as they want to peacefully serve the community, let them have at it.
Jaycen
Posted on June 12, 2012 at 1:57amIn Missouri, we’ve had issues with the KKK signing up for the responsibility just for the political sensation. They don’t actually show up and pick up trash. They’re probably too gutless to be seen in public for what they are.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 7:55amThey have the right, Me personally, I would be throwing lots of trash out there though…Maybe donate used sheets to them to cut eyeholes in…
Really, I dont think i would be cleaning the side of the road in Georgia with a sign like that up telling drivers who I was…Thgat beer bottle might find a target.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 7:46amHow would you like to live at the intersecion of the Klan highway and the Black Panther highway?
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 7:56amMorning, GONZO~~
Feels like that is where we are living these days, does it not?
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 8:15amExtremely well said.
In all seriousness I think that black people should go out & pick up litter with the klansmen. I believe in small group engagement. Of course I would recommend people who are on their A game. As smart as Van Jones believes he is, he need not apply.
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 7:42amIf they keep the highway clean, they are out performing the ows groups.
Report Post »Just sayin’….
HKS
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 8:51amIn the productivity department that would indeed be a low bar and a true point.
Report Post »G-WHIZ
Posted on June 11, 2012 at 10:16amThe KKK should donate time cleaning up and doing all the repairs which the OWS caused. That would be interesting.
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