KKK group aims to adopt highway for litter control

[brassmonkey]

gangster disciples or the hells angels should adopt some highways.the kkk is a terrorist group

ATLANTA ? A Ku Klux Klan group is trying to join Georgia's "Adopt-A-Highway" program to clean up litter on a mile-long stretch of road, creating a quandary for state officials hesitant to acknowledge a group with a violent, racist past on a roadside sign.

The International Keystone Knights of the KKK applied last month to adopt part of Route 515 in the Appalachian Mountains. The Georgia Department of Transportation is meeting with lawyers from the state Attorney General's Office on Monday to decide how to proceed.

The program enlists volunteers from groups and companies to pick up trash. Each group that volunteers is named on a sign along the road it adopts.

April Chambers, the KKK group's secretary, said she applied for the program to keep the scenic highway beautiful, not for publicity.

"I live in the mountains and I want to keep them beautiful," Chambers said, adding that tourists frequently litter along the road as they pass through. "We didn't intend on this being big. I don't know why anybody's offended by it."

State Rep. Tyrone Brooks said he welcomes the opportunity to educate Chambers and the group about the Klan's legacy of violence and racism ? which he experienced first-hand as a civil rights activist in the fight to end segregation in the South.

"I'd like to sit down with this young lady and say, 'Your organization tried to kill me,'" Brooks said Monday, adding that he finds even the notion of a highway sign identifying the Ku Klux Klan as a civic group "insulting and insane."

Brooks, who is president of the Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials, said the group will pursue legal action should the KKK's application be approved.

"If the state would allow them to plant their name on one of its public highways in the home of Martin Luther King Jr. and Jimmy Carter, we would have to fight it with all of the resources at our disposal," Brooks said. "If we lose, we would ask the state to abolish the program. It's not worth it."

Ed Martin, who moved to Union County from Tennessee seven years ago, said the community is the only place he has ever felt at home ? until now. Martin said littering is not a problem in the area. He said the only trash on the highway would be a sign promoting a Klan group, something he doesn't want to have to drive by every day.

He said the sign would be a divisive symbol in the community.

"Listen, there ain't a whole hell of a lot of black people in Union County, but everybody here gets along," Martin said.

According to the latest Census figures, the county is 97 percent white and less than 1 percent black.

Attorney General spokeswoman Lauren Kane confirmed that the agency met with the Transportation Department on Monday. Transportation Department spokesman Jill Goldberg confirmed that the International Keystone Knights of the KKK did apply to the Union County Adopt-A-Highway program on May 21. Both agencies declined to comment on the matter until a resolution was reached.

The Georgia KKK chapter is not the first such group to attempt to sponsor highway cleanup.

In Missouri, lawmakers renamed two stretches of highway for civil rights matriarch Rosa Parks and Abraham Joshua Heschel ? a rabbi who narrowly escaped the Nazis in World War II and later marched with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. ? after the state allowed a neo-Nazi group to "adopt" those sections of road.

In Kentucky, the transportation department accepted a white-separatist group's contract to participate in the state's highway cleanup program, fearing an unsuccessful legal battle.

The U.S. Supreme Court in 2005 rejected Missouri's attempt to thwart a similar effort in that state, maintaining membership in the program cannot be denied because of a group's political beliefs.

Chambers said group members believed they had been approved for the program and were told only late last week that their application was under review. She said the International Keystone Knights were planning their first cleanup for Saturday, and may still proceed even without the Adopt-A-Highway designation.

Still, she feels the group is being discriminated against.

"It's alright for blacks or Latinos or anybody to have their own groups," she said. "It's alright for churches to adopt a highway. But if white folks stick together, we're racist."

The group's website says it requires members to be white Christians of non-Jewish descent, and to believe in the U.S. Constitution and racial segregation.

Mark Potok, senior fellow at Southern Poverty Law Center, said the effort is little more than a publicity stunt.

"I think this is simply another attempt by the Klan to somehow portray itself as a kinder, gentler group rather than the terrorist organization that it has historically been," Potok said. "On the other hand, they're very likely to win a court battle because the state agencies can issue regulations regarding things like this but they have to be neutral toward ideology."

Brooks said the Klan is not a civic-minded group, like a garden club, church or Rotary chapter.

"Those other groups don't have a history of terrorism," he said.

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[Ayla_SquareTurtle]

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

hesitant to acknowledge a group with a violent, racist past

Past? Did the KKK change their purpose? It's a cake decorating club now?

[smutnut]

Kramer did this on Seinfeld and he repainted his own lanes and everything!

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by Ayla_SquareTurtle

Past? Did the KKK change their purpose? It's a cake decorating club now?

go look at their website it's all there. duke skyw i mean david duke will explain it all

[ottopottomouse]

Brooks, who is president of the Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials

love the hypocrisy.

[Just Alex]

Would be nice if your blood and crips joined their effort. But we know how you keep your own ghetto hoods clean and beautiful, so never mind.

[lucas131]

kkk.com? oh fuck never have been thinking something like that may be online. loving our white family ... oh fuck, only in america

[Just Alex]

Originally Posted by lucas131

kkk.com? oh fuck never have been thinking something like that may be online. loving our white family ... oh fuck, only in america

Well, we have Black miss America, black history month, BET (black entertainment Television), black accountant/everything else association, black fraternities.
How fucked up is that?

[lucas131]

Originally Posted by Just Alex

Well, we have Black miss America, black history month, BET (black entertainment Television), black accountant/everything else association, black fraternities.
How fucked up is that?

as i say, only in america ... but, black people have a bit another history

[Just Alex]

Originally Posted by lucas131

as i say, only in america ... but, black people have a bit another history

And what kind of "another history" is that?

[Helix]

Black Panthers = KKK

[L-Pink]

I hope it's not this week, my sheets need dry cleaned.

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[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by Just Alex

Well, we have Black miss America, black history month, BET (black entertainment Television), black accountant/everything else association, black fraternities.
How fucked up is that?

cinco de mayo
la raza

look at latin tv and radio stations it will blow your mind.

why do you troll so damn hard? we're talking about the kkk adopting a highway

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by Helix

Black Panthers = KKK

both form on racial bull shit

[Rochard]

The KKK still has people?

[baddog]

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

April Chambers, the KKK group's secretary, said she applied for the program to keep the scenic highway beautiful, not for publicity.

I am pretty sure everyone does it for the exposure.

[mineistaken]

Originally Posted by Rochard

The KKK still has people?

why shouldn't it?

[Just Alex]

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

cinco de mayo
la raza

look at latin tv and radio stations it will blow your mind.

why do you troll so damn hard? we're talking about the kkk adopting a highway

Its called Spanish language TV and radio. Last time I checked blacks spoke somewhat similar to English.

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by Rochard

The KKK still has people?

you know about skinheads right??

[Helix]

There is no shortage of racist assholes in this word.

[baddog]

Originally Posted by Rochard

The KKK still has people?

Maybe 5,000. Pretty insignificant.

And skinheads are not kkk, more Nazi.

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by baddog

Maybe 5,000. Pretty insignificant.

And skinheads are not kkk, more Nazi.

same agenda white power!

[Just Alex]

same shit, different color.

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by Just Alex

same shit, different color.

i knew you would come in here and twist it around good nite go troll yourself and your right its in all races but you have some kind of black hating demon in you. the title was KKK

[Just Alex]

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

i knew you would come in here and twist it around good nite go troll yourself and your right its in all races but you have some kind of black hating demon in you. the title was KKK

What exactly did I twist?
I don't hate black people. But I do dislike ignorance, laziness and people spending my tax money on drugs and alcohol.

[sarettah]

The KKK adopted a highway years ago here in Missouri. People fucked with their signs and shit. Then the state tried to get a ruling to disallow it but the courts said they had to let them do it. Missouri renamed that stretch of roadway Rosa Parks Highway. Later on I think the state took it away because the KKK didn't do the required maintenance stuff.

Then a couple of years ago, when the American Nazi party adopted a highway here, the state renamed it after a Rabbi.

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[Helix]

Originally Posted by sarettah

The KKK adopted a highway years ago here in Missouri. People fucked with their signs and shit. Then the state tried to get a ruling to disallow it but the courts said they had to let them do it. Missouri renamed that stretch of roadway Rosa Parks Highway. Later on I think the state took it away because the KKK didn't do the required maintenance stuff.

Then a couple of years ago, when the American Nazi party adopted a highway here, the state renamed it after a Rabbi.

.

lolol

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by sarettah

The KKK adopted a highway years ago here in Missouri. People fucked with their signs and shit. Then the state tried to get a ruling to disallow it but the courts said they had to let them do it. Missouri renamed that stretch of roadway Rosa Parks Highway. Later on I think the state took it away because the KKK didn't do the required maintenance stuff.

Then a couple of years ago, when the American Nazi party adopted a highway here, the state renamed it after a Rabbi.

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[papill0n]

black vs white thread #17849383

great work idiot take the rest of the day off

[Major (Tom)]

awesome
ds

[blackmonsters]

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

The program enlists volunteers from groups and companies to pick up trash. Each group that volunteers is named on a sign along the road it adopts.

Let me get this straight : the kkk is going to remove trash from the street and be
on the street at the same time.

OK.

GIFSoup

[Jakez]

Originally Posted by Just Alex

I don't hate black people. But I do dislike ignorance, laziness and people spending my tax money on drugs and alcohol.

When 90% of your threads and posts are race related it's pretty safe to say you are a racist..

[smutnut]

Actuallly the history of the KKK (or should I say it's origin) is pretty interesting. Unless the history channel is making it up like they do most of the history they document LOL

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by blackmonsters

Let me get this straight : the kkk is going to remove trash from the street and be
on the street at the same time.

OK.

GIFSoup

[escorpio]

Originally Posted by Just Alex

Would be nice if your blood and crips joined their effort. But we know how you keep your own ghetto hoods clean and beautiful, so never mind.

That's whitey's fault. White people sneek into black neighborhoods at night and spray paint walls, break glass and piss all over the place.

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by escorpio

That's whitey's fault. White people sneek into black neighborhoods at night and spray paint walls, break glass and piss all over the place.

have you been to east L.A. ? or in phoenix 35th Ave and Van buren or 32nd st and mcdowell? que understad

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by Jakez

When 90% of your threads and posts are race related it's pretty safe to say you are a racist..

yeah i saw a help thread he posted thought it was over guess i was wrong.

[escorpio]

Originally Posted by brassmonkey

have you been to east L.A. ? or in phoenix 35th Ave and Van buren or 32nd st and mcdowell? que understad

What's your point?

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by escorpio

What's your point?

the areas are trashed.