It’s all fun and games until you stab a fellow Klansman.
On December 3, a sect of the KKK known as the Loyal White Knights held a victory parade for President-elect Donald Trump in Roxboro, North Carolina. As far as parades go, it was a pretty boring affair – just a small convey of trucks, some with Confederate flags hanging out the window, and one guy yelling “white power” as he drove down the street in this sleepy town of 8,000.
Local cops were not legally allowed to stop the parade, but they blocked off a few intersections in an attempt to get the KKK to pass through Roxboro as quickly as possible. The whole parade only lasted about five minutes.
Apparently, things were a lot more exciting during the planning of this parade.
KKK leaders William Hagen, 50, and Chris Barker, 37, have been arrested in connection with the stabbing of another KKK member, Richard Dillon. Here’s what happened: a group of Klansman met up at Barker’s house to organize the Roxboro demonstration, alcohol was consumed, and violence ensued.
According to Dillon, the altercation was caused by Dillon previously criticizing Hagen for his role in a California KKK rally that was attacked by counter-protesters in February:
“I had a confrontation with Hagen months ago criticizing him for the California rally where they got beat up by counter-protestors… Barker was encouraging Hagen to kill me. They were both drunk. The dining room floor was covered in my blood.”
Hagan and Barker are high up in the KKK – Hagan holds the rank of “Grand Dragon”, while Barker is an “Imperial Wizard” (why do I have this sudden urge to bust out my old Yu-Gi-Oh! collection?).
Both missed out on the parade that they so passionately planned, as they were arrested on Saturday morning and the parade took place on Saturday afternoon. What a shame.
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