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essentialsaltes) wrote2013-04-02 06:50 pm
essentialsaltes) wrote2013-04-02 06:50 pm
California Klansmen.... I hate these guys
Today was the city elections in Inglewood. Poking around looking for information... any information... on some of the candidates somehow led me to Ku Klux Klan raid (Inglewood).
Pretty hair-raising stuff. An Inglewood city constable killed by gunshot. Oh, but he was a Klansman (as were several other Inglewood police). And he was shot and killed by an Inglewood city marshal, responding to a Klan raid to terrorize a local bootlegger.
The raiders were charged, but ultimately found not guilty.
"It was this scandal, according to the Los Angeles Times, that eventually led to the outlawing of the Klan in California."
Pretty hair-raising stuff. An Inglewood city constable killed by gunshot. Oh, but he was a Klansman (as were several other Inglewood police). And he was shot and killed by an Inglewood city marshal, responding to a Klan raid to terrorize a local bootlegger.
The raiders were charged, but ultimately found not guilty.
"It was this scandal, according to the Los Angeles Times, that eventually led to the outlawing of the Klan in California."