It appears that many have forgotten the history of the United Klans of America (UKA).
According to Wikipeda …”United Klans of America Inc. a Ku Klux Klan organization in the United States … UKA peaked in popularity in the late 1960s and 1970s, and was the most violent and largest Klan organization of its time…”
Mr Rogers proudly proclaims he was a Grand Dragon in the UKA.
John Paul Rogers, at right in foreground, meets with other Ku Klux Klan members in this undated photo. Rogers was a klan member for almost 25 years, including time as grand dragon of Florida
Wikipeda states that “…A "Grand Dragon", for example, was the highest ranking Klansman in a given state….”
Mr Rogers claims to have left the UKA nearly 25 years ago, which would be around the 1976 time frame. The following are a few nationally known events in history that took place during Mr. Rogers affiliation with the UKA:
· The 1963 16th Street Bombing that killed 4 young girls
· The 1965 murder of Viola Liuzzo, a white woman from the North, decided to go help support racial equality in the South.
· During “…1960s, the Klans functioned as a clandestine movement that spearheaded the resistance to a national trend toward equality for all Americans. Like their predecessors, the `60s Klans employed terrorism and a form of guerrilla race warfare to carry out their purposes. The Klans and their allies were responsible for a major portion of the assaults, killings, bombings, floggings, and other acts of racial intimidation that swept the South in the first years of the 1960s..”
Mr Rogers states that if by being against communism, against drugs, and in favor of States rights was wrong, then he was wrong.
However, Mr Rogers refusal to address the violent history of the UKA, an organization that he not only belonged but held its highest office, surmounts to nothing more but a strong tacit endorsement and support of the violent nature of the UKA and how it used violence to promote the UKA's goals and objectives.
How can one compare a speeding ticket to that of someone who held the highest office in the UKA, an organization that endorsed terrorism, assaults, killings, bombings, floggings and other acts of racial intimidation and then applaud?
It seems that Jack Van Sickle, and supporters of Van Sickle and Rogers, embrace the radical and violent views and methods that Mr. Rogers refuses to denounce or talk about.
However, Mr Rogers refusal to address the violent history of the UKA, an organization that he not only belonged but held its highest office, surmounts to nothing more but a strong tacit endorsement and support of the violent nature of the UKA and how it used violence to promote the UKA's goals and objectives.
How can one compare a speeding ticket to that of someone who held the highest office in the UKA, an organization that endorsed terrorism, assaults, killings, bombings, floggings and other acts of racial intimidation and then applaud?
It seems that Jack Van Sickle, and supporters of Van Sickle and Rogers, embrace the radical and violent views and methods that Mr. Rogers refuses to denounce or talk about.
Isn't it time for a change within our City Government?
Vote for Mike Carter for Mayor and Betty Wojcik for City Commissioner YES to Amendments 1 through 8 and NO on Amendments 9 through 14, on 5 April 2011
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