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Members of the Ku Klux Klan have announced plans to rally next month in South Carolina in support of the Confederate flag.
State officials confirmed to The Washington Post that the Loyal White Knightschapter of the KKK got permission to meet at the statehouse in Columbia on July 18. The group's website says it is the largest Klan in America.
James Spears, whose title is "great titan" of the Pelham, North Carolina, group, told Politico the rally would center around the organization's opposition to the Confederate flag being removed from outside the statehouse, which Spears told the publication was done "for all the wrong reasons."
"It's part of white people's culture," he said.
The rally is set to take place just a month after 21-year-old Dylann Roof allegedlyopened fire in a black church in Charleston, killing nine people. While the community continues to heal, and some family members of the victims have forgiven Roof, Spears told Politico he feels "sorry for the boy."
"I think he picked the wrong target," Spears said. "A better target for him would have been these gang-bangers, running around rapping, raping and stealing."
Robert Jones, a "grand dragon" for the chapter, told Charleston-area newspaper The Post and Courier that Roof is a "young warrior."
A representative for the Loyal White Knights did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
More: KKK Plans Pro-Confederate Flag Rally In South Carolina
Racist white supremacists just won't give up.
Good for them and I hope and pray the weather is good, no rain and I hope all the people who support them show up and give them a huge gathering......I also hope the people who don't support the Klan stay home and have a good day also. Our country is based on freedom of speech and no issues here. Besides, 85% of the Klan today got at least one black baby in the family tree, my how times have changed!!
