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Klu Klux Klan Memorial Sparks Lawsuit
Arutz Sheva ^ | 28/10/12 | Rachel Hirshfeld

Posted on 10/28/2012 11:42:18 AM PDT by Eleutheria5

A Virginia company filed a lawsuit after it was forced to stop its construction of a monument in Alabama honoring a noted Confederate general, who also was a member of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK).

The federal suit, filed by KTK Mining of Richmond, claims that the company received the necessary permits to do the work on the monument in Old Live Oak Cemetery honoring Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, The Selma Times-Journal reported.

However, the city of Selma, Alabama, suspended the permits when the project drew protests.

The KTK mining company claims it had not received notice prior to the suspension.

"The city made a representation that he could do the work, he invested time, money, energy, planning and now the city has stopped that without any compensation," said City Council President Cecil Williamson, according to ABC News.

The city filed a response saying that its actions were reasonable and that it has legal immunity.

"We need monuments to people who are trying to build this country not monuments to people who were the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan," said Selma State Senator Hank Sanders.

KTK Mining filed claims with the city of Selma, seeking compensation of $600,000.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; US: Alabama; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: bedfordforrest; csa; dixie; forrest; lawsuit; memorial
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Hoisted on their own petar. What? Not multicultural enough for you? What about the First Amendment?
1 posted on 10/28/2012 11:42:23 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5

Any guesses as to the political party affiliation of Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest?


2 posted on 10/28/2012 11:45:21 AM PDT by 5thGenTexan
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To: Eleutheria5

Can’t help but think of all the stuff named after “Sheets” Byrd.


3 posted on 10/28/2012 11:45:36 AM PDT by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
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To: Eleutheria5

>>The city filed a response saying that its actions were reasonable and that it has legal immunity.<<

I 100% guarantee the city does NOT have immunity in contract issues.


4 posted on 10/28/2012 11:48:05 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (We canÂ’t just leave it (food choice) up to the parents. -- moochele obozo 2/12/2012 (cnsnews))
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To: freedumb2003

I hope you’re right. It’s up to the city, apparently, whether a monument to Gen. Forrest is built or repaired or whatever, but if they made a contract and then backed out, they owe the contractor for his costs.


5 posted on 10/28/2012 11:51:58 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("Decency requires that they be voted out of office as an act of urgent political hygiene." ~Steyn)
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To: Eleutheria5

As far as I know, there is no such organization as the “Klu” Klux Klan. The correct name is the “Ku” Klux Klan.


6 posted on 10/28/2012 11:56:44 AM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Learn three chords and you, too, can be a Rock Star!)
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To: Eleutheria5

Frankly, I’d like General Forrest to happen upon the scene when flash mobs loot a store, or when a mob of blacks pummels a white guy.


7 posted on 10/28/2012 12:18:23 PM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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Build it. Put a plaque on it that sais...”General Forrester (D-AL)”


8 posted on 10/28/2012 12:20:13 PM PDT by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
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To: nathanbedford
Dude - you causing trouble again? :-)

Couldn't help but think of you when I saw this thread, for some reason. :-)

9 posted on 10/28/2012 12:22:26 PM PDT by Hardastarboard (Bringing children to America without immigration documents is child abuse. Let's end it.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Every time someone says it’s “Klu” instead of “Ku” I swear I want to rip off my hood, throw my kippa in the air and go completely verklempt.


10 posted on 10/28/2012 12:23:39 PM PDT by golux
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To: 5thGenTexan

I’ll try ‘’Famous Democrats’’ for $500 Alex.


11 posted on 10/28/2012 12:28:22 PM PDT by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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To: golux

Oy, just because some putz wants to go around with a sheet on his head hating everybody,for this you get verklempt? So they don’t know from ‘’Klu’’ or “Ku’’.Clam down already, you should live so long. Have a glass of tea and a nice cherry blintz already.


12 posted on 10/28/2012 12:33:21 PM PDT by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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To: Enterprise

Frankly I’d like to see the white guy pull out a .45 and forget about the hooded bigots.


13 posted on 10/28/2012 12:34:41 PM PDT by jmacusa (Political correctness is cultural Marxism. I'm not a Marxist.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Just what is the problem with General Forrest? He was an honorable and wily fighter for the CSA. He founded the KKK as a response to difficult circumstances brought on by the Federal occupation. After all, most southern whites were not allowed to vote in the late 1860’s unless they took a “loyalty oath.” Moreover, the excesses and illegal activities of the Klan came long after Forrest’s day. Okay, he was a Democrat. That I will hold against him, but he was a Democrat in the days when Democrats were loyal to America and its founder’s ideals even if they were not loyal to the United States of America. That is more than you can say for today’s Democrats.


14 posted on 10/28/2012 12:37:04 PM PDT by Combat_Liberalism
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To: Combat_Liberalism

Make that founders’ ideals. We had more than one of them.


15 posted on 10/28/2012 12:39:51 PM PDT by Combat_Liberalism
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To: jmacusa

Me too. But look at the areas where some of these attacks are taking place and figure the odds of the white guy having a CCP.


16 posted on 10/28/2012 12:40:17 PM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: jmacusa; golux

LOL! Youse guys haz a meshuggah.


17 posted on 10/28/2012 12:52:05 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("Decency requires that they be voted out of office as an act of urgent political hygiene." ~Steyn)
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To: golux
"Every time someone says it’s “Klu” instead of “Ku” I swear I want to rip off my hood, throw my kippa in the air and go completely verklempt."


18 posted on 10/28/2012 12:53:24 PM PDT by al baby (“If Barack Obama has a Harvard law degree, he didn’t earn that. Somebody else made that happen.”)
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To: Eleutheria5

Selma State Senator Hank Sanders.

19 posted on 10/28/2012 12:58:10 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (political correctness is communist thought control, disguised as good manners)
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To: PapaBear3625

Is he actually reading English words from that page, or is it a blank-sheet prop?


20 posted on 10/28/2012 1:00:28 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("Decency requires that they be voted out of office as an act of urgent political hygiene." ~Steyn)
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