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Georgia Sheriff Caught in Ku Klux Klan Costume

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June 27, 2012

The Cherokee County Sheriff believes the photographs that recently surfaced of him wearing an Ku Klux Klan costume at an 1980s Halloween party was politically provoked. Click here for full article.


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'Georgia Sheriff Caught in Ku Klux Klan Costume'


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  1. sshep said,

    on June 28th, 2012 at 11:10 am

    As a former racist now reformed, I know the mind concept he has and it was neither a joke or just a Halloween Prank, I assure you it is his real views! http://racistnomore.blogspot.com

  2. kbrown225 said,

    on June 28th, 2012 at 2:51 pm

    If you look at the pictures it is obvious that it is a costume and he was many years ago. Perhaps a very poor choice of costume but to attempt to associate someone as a Klan member because of a poor choice in Halloween costume decades ago is very dirty politics. When I was 11 I dressed as a nazi for Halloween. To an 11 year old boy who loved history it was a cool costume (nazi are scary and evil, right?) In retrospect it was probably a poor choice but to claim I was really a closet nazi would be a real reach.

  3. bill said,

    on June 28th, 2012 at 8:09 pm

    Was it a bit unfair for SPLC to post a picture from an actual KKKlowns parade rather than the picture of the Sheriff and his buddy at the party? Granted it was every bit as stupid as the English Prince going to a Halloween party dressed as a Nazi, but the inference of the photo with the article was that he was part of the parade shown. I expect better from SPLC.

  4. sshep said,

    on June 29th, 2012 at 1:19 pm

    KKK Sheriff if the shoe fits wear it! He is what he is… the mind set is there or he would not have worn the outfit! I have been exsposed to many of people like him, and he is a closet KKK at the least, but a closet KKK is still KKK!

  5. virago said,

    on June 30th, 2012 at 10:45 am

    NBC News is the one that posted that photo, not the SPLC; they simply linked to the NBC story.

  6. David S said,

    on June 30th, 2012 at 3:27 pm

    I agree with SSHEP, it is his real beliefs because he would never be holding a BLACK balloon in such a manner while wearing a Klansman hood and robe. I hope I’m not the only one that picked up on the holding of the balloon!

  7. David S said,

    on June 30th, 2012 at 3:35 pm

    To kbrown225,
    Would you have worn the Nazi costume for a Halloween party at 25 or 26 years old while working for a state law enforcement agency? How do you think that would go over with your peers?

  8. Sheppylee said,

    on August 16th, 2012 at 11:56 am

    @kbrown225 … David Duke wore a Nazi Uniform at LSU as a Student many years ago. Look at him now.. same ole Nazi.

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