Posted on 04/20/2019 6:59:07 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
With passage of the Third Force Act, popularly known as the Ku Klux Act, Congress authorizes President Ulysses S. Grant to declare martial law, impose heavy penalties against terrorist organizations, and use military force to suppress the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). ---SNIP--- the KKK engaged in terrorist raids against African-Americans and white Republicans at night, employing intimidation, destruction of property, assault, and murder to achieve its aims and influence upcoming elections. In a few Southern states, Republicans organized militia units to break up the Klan.
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The Ku Klux Klan. The Democrat Party’s ‘’gift’’ to America.
The ACLU would side with the KKK over a Republican militia opposed to the terrorist activities of the Klan.
>>Speaking of which, whatever happened to Antifa?
They are stockpiling bottles of pee and Molotov cocktails for the 2020 election, no doubt.
I seem to recall that this Act or perhaps separate laws in the states forbade the wearing of hoods/masks in public.
Been wondering how the Antifa thugs get away with masks to conceal their mugs when committing violence and vandalism to intimidate.
Anyone know about this>
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