Category: Racial Supremacism

SPLC Reports on Rise of Militia Groups with Racial Supremacist Outlook
— states that change has been that events have “racialize[d] the Patriot movement, which in the past was not primarily motivated by race hate”

— PDF of report

— News Report

WJTV: “Madison Co. Church Vandalized”
WJTV reports:
— “The Madison County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a case of vandalism at a predominantly black church near Canton. The pastor says they found the damage Tuesday and have no idea who did it.”
— “Vandals targeted St. Matthews Missionary Baptist Church in Pickens. It’s on Highway 51 North about 10 miles outside of Canton. The vandals shot out windows, broke lights and etched graffiti on the building. You can see the letters ‘KKK’ in some spots and obscene references to President Obama in others.”

— related WJTV video

WAPT: “Racially Biased Graffiti Marks Madison Co. Church”
WAPT reports:
— “Vandals wrote, ‘KKK The South Will Rise Again’ on the door of St. Matthew Missionary Baptist Church in Pickens, officials said. The vandals also shot out most of the windows and broke lights.”
— “Last month, an African-American family called the Madison County family after vandals had spray painted ‘KKK’ on their front door and a window”

Louisiana: Judge has suspect in KKK murder case tutored on guilt and innocence
Examiner reports:
— “Shane Foster, 21, of Bogalusa Louisiana, is accused of trying to cover up a shooting his father ane Foster, 21, of Bogalusa Louisiana, is accused of trying to cover up a shooting his father Raymond Foster allegedly committed last November.”
— “The elder Foster is charged with second-degree murder for allegedly killing a Ku Klux Klan recruit who changed her mind and wanted to go home.”

— Previous Reports:
— New Orleans: April 27 Trial for KKK Killing
— New Orleans: Klan member pleads guilty to obstruction
— Louisiana: Accessory in Ku Klux Klan killing admits guilt, gets one-year sentence
— Louisiana: Ku Klux Klan (KKK) member can have his guns back, state judge rules in Covington
— Louisiana: Ku Klux Klan member’s mental competency hearing is postponed

Louisiana: Ku Klux Klan member’s mental competency hearing is postponed

NorthShoreNOLA reports on Louisiana trial of Shane Foster “charged with second-degree murder in the Nov. 9 shooting death of Klan recruit Cynthia Lynch”
— “In an attempt to make him mentally competent to stand trial for obstruction of justice in the killing of an Oklahoma woman, a state judge is giving an alleged Ku Klux Klan member another 60 days of tutoring in the St. Tammany Parish jail, authorities said.”
— “On April 21, state Judge Reginald ‘Reggie’ Badeaux ordered Shane Foster, 21, of the Bogalusa area to get tutoring from a court-appointed forensic coordinator for 90 days with the hope that it would ‘restore’ Foster’s competency and make him ready for trial.”
— “Assistant District Attorney Julie Knight and Foster’s defense attorney John Lindner agreed today to give that tutoring another 60 days. Badeaux is expected to sign an order to that effect sometime this week, according to Lindner and others close to the case.”
— “Foster is the son of Raymond ‘Chuck’ Foster , the alleged imperial wizard of the Bogalusa Sons of Dixie Knights. Chuck Foster is charged with second-degree murder in the Nov. 9 shooting death of Klan recruit Cynthia Lynch in a remote part of northeastern St. Tammany. Authorities have said the slaying occurred after Lynch told Foster that she wanted to go home.”
— Previous Reports:
—- New Orleans: April 27 Trial for KKK Killing
—- New Orleans: Klan member pleads guilty to obstruction
—- Louisiana: Accessory in Ku Klux Klan killing admits guilt, gets one-year sentence
—- Louisiana: Ku Klux Klan (KKK) member can have his guns back, state judge rules in Covington

South Carolina: Confederate Flag Causes Christian Convention to Cancel
— WLTX reports: “Another groups pulls out of South Carolina cancelling their National Convention because of the confederate flag. The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) based out of Indiana were coming to Charleston, now they’re looking for another venue.”
— “The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) have more than 600,000 members across the US and Canada.”
— “‘For African Americans the confederate flag is a system of terror, oppression, separation and racism and we decided to stand in solidarity,’ Reverend Timothy James of the Christian Church said in a phone interview with News 19.”

— of Ku Klux Klan member investigated in Louisiana killing…

(U.S.) Louisiana: KKK member can have his guns back, state judge rules in Covington

NorthShore NOLA reports:
— “An alleged KKK member from Bogalusa is entitled to retrieve his guns, ammunition and black robe and hood that were seized during a murder investigation last year, a state judge ruled Monday in Covington.”
— “But the judge said he would not enforce his ruling until an appeal by the district attorney’s office could be heard.”
— “In February, a St. Tammany Parish grand jury declined to charge Random Hines, 28, with obstruction of justice in the killing of an Oklahoma woman who reportedly tried to back out of a Ku Klux Klan initiation last year.”
— “Raymond ‘Chuck’ Foster, the alleged imperial wizard of the Bogalusa Sons of Dixie Knights, is charged with second-degree murder in Cynthia Lynch’s death and is awaiting trial. Authorities have said Lynch was killed after she told Foster, 44, that she wanted to return home to Oklahoma.”

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Panel blasts Panther case dismissal
— “The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is demanding that the Justice Department explain why it recently dismissed a civil complaint against members of the New Black Panther Party who disrupted a Philadelphia polling place during last year’s election, saying the department has offered only ‘weak justifications.'”
— SPLC lists Black Panthers as “black separatist” “hate group”