Post by whitewarrior318 on Mar 1, 2013 21:27:05 GMT -5
What the I'm Stupid is this??
www.abc24.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=3956010
MEMPHIS, TN (abc24.com) - It's an unlikely team. A local gang is teaming
up with members of the Ku Klux Klan to protest a planned Klan rally in
Memphis at the end of next month.
A member of the Grape Street
Crips says he and his gang want to cripple a KKK rally that's planned
for Memphis, and the gang is ganging up with Klansmen to do just that.
When Dajuan Horton learned about the KKK's plans for a rally in Memphis, he decided to take a stand.
"The
first thing I was thinking was the largest rally you've even seen and
you're telling us about it. You're sending the first blow, we're not
throwing blows we're going to dodge that one and hug you."
Horton
also decided to make a video speaking out against the Klan rally. The
YouTube video got the attention of thousands of people across the
country, including Bradley Jenkins, the Imperial Wizard for the United
Klan of America.
"We will stand resolute with the citizens of
Memphis and this young man and anyone in town, no matter what color they
be, because hate and racism has no place," he said.
Horton, an
admitted gang member, says his fellow gang members didn't initially like
the idea of standing side by side with members of the Ku Klux Klan.
"They
were like, 'Juan don't mess with the KKK, they're going to hang you,
boy!' But I trusted my first mind. I met with them and we'll keep
meeting until the rally March 30th."
Jenkins, who lives in Alabama, says it didn't take long for him to decide he wanted to team up with Horton and his gang.
"This
young man and the people of the community do not need to fear the Klan
coming. People making accusations that thousands of Klansmen are coming
to fill the streets of your town - that's one little man speaking for
many got to stop," he said. "Don't be fooled. They're fooling the media,
everybody these folks saying they're Klan, they're not Klan."
Jenkins
added, "The Ku Klux Klan stands for not self but others. How can that
be for others arguing over the name of a park inside of a city that made
the decision to rename it? That is the community's prerogative."
Both
Horton and Jenkins admit people may be skeptical that the Klan and gang
members can get along, but that's exactly what they're going to do. So
far, they city has not approved the permit for the rally.
www.abc24.com/news/local/story/Gang-Member-Teams-with-Klansman-to-Protest/cryOi-3R6EOuCwD2mcu4Imperial Wizard.cspx
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www.abc24.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=3956010
MEMPHIS, TN (abc24.com) - It's an unlikely team. A local gang is teaming
up with members of the Ku Klux Klan to protest a planned Klan rally in
Memphis at the end of next month.
A member of the Grape Street
Crips says he and his gang want to cripple a KKK rally that's planned
for Memphis, and the gang is ganging up with Klansmen to do just that.
When Dajuan Horton learned about the KKK's plans for a rally in Memphis, he decided to take a stand.
"The
first thing I was thinking was the largest rally you've even seen and
you're telling us about it. You're sending the first blow, we're not
throwing blows we're going to dodge that one and hug you."
Horton
also decided to make a video speaking out against the Klan rally. The
YouTube video got the attention of thousands of people across the
country, including Bradley Jenkins, the Imperial Wizard for the United
Klan of America.
"We will stand resolute with the citizens of
Memphis and this young man and anyone in town, no matter what color they
be, because hate and racism has no place," he said.
Horton, an
admitted gang member, says his fellow gang members didn't initially like
the idea of standing side by side with members of the Ku Klux Klan.
"They
were like, 'Juan don't mess with the KKK, they're going to hang you,
boy!' But I trusted my first mind. I met with them and we'll keep
meeting until the rally March 30th."
Jenkins, who lives in Alabama, says it didn't take long for him to decide he wanted to team up with Horton and his gang.
"This
young man and the people of the community do not need to fear the Klan
coming. People making accusations that thousands of Klansmen are coming
to fill the streets of your town - that's one little man speaking for
many got to stop," he said. "Don't be fooled. They're fooling the media,
everybody these folks saying they're Klan, they're not Klan."
Jenkins
added, "The Ku Klux Klan stands for not self but others. How can that
be for others arguing over the name of a park inside of a city that made
the decision to rename it? That is the community's prerogative."
Both
Horton and Jenkins admit people may be skeptical that the Klan and gang
members can get along, but that's exactly what they're going to do. So
far, they city has not approved the permit for the rally.
www.abc24.com/news/local/story/Gang-Member-Teams-with-Klansman-to-Protest/cryOi-3R6EOuCwD2mcu4Imperial Wizard.cspx
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