-Caveat Lector- http://www.osu.edu/students/afrikan/DIssue/i092298.htm >...But the idea was the inspiration of Stan Hess, a member of the European American Issues Forum. Hess was recently arrested in a flag-burning protest at an Alabama anti-immigration rally with a former grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan. He was also thrown out of a race-relations forum in San Jose in February after he began shouting at members of President Clinton's commission on race, which had convened the session... ...In January, Hess and two other men were arrested at the anti-immigration rally in Cullman, Ala., according to Cullman police. They were charged with violating the city's burning ordinance when they dipped the flags of Mexico, the United Nations and the former Soviet Union in kerosene and set them ablaze. Arrested with Hess was William Burchfield, a former grand dragon, or state leader, of the Alabama Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights organization that monitors the Klan and other extremist groups. Mark Potok, a spokesman for the center, said the rally was attended by several Klansman, neo-Nazis and adherents of the Christian Identity movement. Identity believers embrace a racist and anti-Semitic theology, Potok said, that claims that whites are the true chosen people and that blacks are subhuman ``mud people.'' Hess said he met Burchfield at the rally and didn't become aware of his Klan ties until later. He referred further questions about the rally to his friend Jim Floyd, a Cullman resident who organized the event with Hess and was also arrested for burning the flags. Klansmen at Alabama rally Floyd acknowledged that there were Klansmen in the crowd of about 60 at the Alabama rally, which drew mainstream immigration foes as well. He said the event was open to the public and he had no control over who decided to attend. Floyd said Burchfield, who recently died of a heart attack, was his close friend. But he said Burchfield had turned in his Klan robes four or five years ago, after Floyd persuaded him to quit the organization. In any event, Floyd said, Burchfield played no role in organizing the rally. Potok, the center's spokesman, contradicted Floyd's account, saying Burchfield had been seen preaching Christian Identity theology at a Klan rally as recently as a year ago. M.P. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
