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Judge: Black church rightful owner of KKK store
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Judge: Black church rightful owner of KKK store
By MEG KINNARD | Associated Press – Tue, Jan 3, 2012
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) —
After a lengthy legal battle between a black South Carolina church and members of the Ku Klux Klan, a judge has ruled that the church owns a building where KKK robes and T-shirts are sold.
A circuit judge ruled last month that New Beginnings Baptist Church is the rightful owner of the building that houses the Redneck Shop,
which operates a so-called Klan museum and sells Klan robes and
T-shirts emblazoned with racial slurs. The judge ordered the shop's
proprietor to pay the church's legal bills of more than $3,300.
Since
1996, the Redneck Shop has operated in an old movie theater in Laurens,
a city about 70 miles northwest from Columbia that was named after 18th
century slave trader Henry Laurens.
Ownership of the building was transferred in 1997 to the Rev. David Kennedy and his church, New Beginnings,
by a Klansman fighting with others inside the hate group, according to
court records. That man, according to Kennedy, was feuding with store
proprietor John Howard over a woman and "developed a spiritual relationship" with Kennedy's church, the judge wrote.
But
a clause in the deed entitles Howard, formerly KKK grand dragon for the
Carolinas, to operate his business in the building until he dies.
After
years of trying to have the property inspected, Kennedy and New
Beginnings sued Howard and others in 2008. On Dec. 9, a judge ruled in
Kennedy's favor.
Reached on his
cell phone, Howard said he did not know about the judge's decision and
deferred comment to his attorney, who did not immediately return a
message.
It wasn't immediately clear if the judge's ruling would
mean Howard must close the shop. Howard hung up on a reporter when asked
about the shop's status, but an outgoing message on the shop's
answering machine said it's only open one morning a week.
Howard has defended his business in the past.
"If
anything turns people off, they shouldn't come in here," Howard told
The Associated Press in 2008. "It's not a thing in here that's against
the law."
The Redneck Shop has
been the target of protests and attacks from the start. A few days after
it opened, a Columbia man crashed his van through the front windows and
was charged with malicious damage to property. High profile black
activists have staged several protests outside the store, and Kennedy
has regularly picketed there as well.
Kennedy
has a long history of fighting racial injustice. He protested when a
South Carolina county refused to observe the Martin Luther King Jr.
holiday, and he helped lobby to remove the Confederate flag from the
Statehouse dome.
Kennedy said Tuesday his congregation was elated
by the judge's decision, which he said he had already discussed with
local police in hopes of being able to visit and inspect the property
this week.
"It has been a long
time coming," said Kennedy, who learned of the ruling this week. "We
knew we had done everything right. ... The court knows that we have
suffered."
Kennedy said his congregation's numbers have decreased
in recent years as some of its 200 members became fearful of reprisals
from Klan members. Nazi and Confederate symbols have been tacked to the
door of the double-wide mobile home where New Beginnings now meets,
Kennedy said, and dead animals have been left at the building.
"A lot of people became so afraid," Kennedy said. "I just told them that it is part of our faith to endure."
Kennedy,
who has previously said he would like to close the store and hold his
church meetings there, declined Tuesday to detail his plans, saying only
that he thought some parishioners would feel uncomfortable worshipping
in the structure that once segregated moviegoers and now sells
Klan-related materials.
"I don't count anything out," Kennedy said. "I think that the church would do good in that building."
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) —
After a lengthy legal battle between a black South Carolina church and members of the Ku Klux Klan, a judge has ruled that the church owns a building where KKK robes and T-shirts are sold.
A circuit judge ruled last month that New Beginnings Baptist Church is the rightful owner of the building that houses the Redneck Shop,
which operates a so-called Klan museum and sells Klan robes and
T-shirts emblazoned with racial slurs. The judge ordered the shop's
proprietor to pay the church's legal bills of more than $3,300.
Since
1996, the Redneck Shop has operated in an old movie theater in Laurens,
a city about 70 miles northwest from Columbia that was named after 18th
century slave trader Henry Laurens.
Ownership of the building was transferred in 1997 to the Rev. David Kennedy and his church, New Beginnings,
by a Klansman fighting with others inside the hate group, according to
court records. That man, according to Kennedy, was feuding with store
proprietor John Howard over a woman and "developed a spiritual relationship" with Kennedy's church, the judge wrote.
But
a clause in the deed entitles Howard, formerly KKK grand dragon for the
Carolinas, to operate his business in the building until he dies.
After
years of trying to have the property inspected, Kennedy and New
Beginnings sued Howard and others in 2008. On Dec. 9, a judge ruled in
Kennedy's favor.
Reached on his
cell phone, Howard said he did not know about the judge's decision and
deferred comment to his attorney, who did not immediately return a
message.
It wasn't immediately clear if the judge's ruling would
mean Howard must close the shop. Howard hung up on a reporter when asked
about the shop's status, but an outgoing message on the shop's
answering machine said it's only open one morning a week.
Howard has defended his business in the past.
"If
anything turns people off, they shouldn't come in here," Howard told
The Associated Press in 2008. "It's not a thing in here that's against
the law."
The Redneck Shop has
been the target of protests and attacks from the start. A few days after
it opened, a Columbia man crashed his van through the front windows and
was charged with malicious damage to property. High profile black
activists have staged several protests outside the store, and Kennedy
has regularly picketed there as well.
Kennedy
has a long history of fighting racial injustice. He protested when a
South Carolina county refused to observe the Martin Luther King Jr.
holiday, and he helped lobby to remove the Confederate flag from the
Statehouse dome.
Kennedy said Tuesday his congregation was elated
by the judge's decision, which he said he had already discussed with
local police in hopes of being able to visit and inspect the property
this week.
"It has been a long
time coming," said Kennedy, who learned of the ruling this week. "We
knew we had done everything right. ... The court knows that we have
suffered."
Kennedy said his congregation's numbers have decreased
in recent years as some of its 200 members became fearful of reprisals
from Klan members. Nazi and Confederate symbols have been tacked to the
door of the double-wide mobile home where New Beginnings now meets,
Kennedy said, and dead animals have been left at the building.
"A lot of people became so afraid," Kennedy said. "I just told them that it is part of our faith to endure."
Kennedy,
who has previously said he would like to close the store and hold his
church meetings there, declined Tuesday to detail his plans, saying only
that he thought some parishioners would feel uncomfortable worshipping
in the structure that once segregated moviegoers and now sells
Klan-related materials.
"I don't count anything out," Kennedy said. "I think that the church would do good in that building."
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Judge: Black church rightful owner of KKK store :: Comments
Yup... [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
(It's not like those "guys" can convince anyone that they're superior to anything..)
(It's not like those "guys" can convince anyone that they're superior to anything..)
KKK... they spout trash and don't like it when you'd rather put the trash where it belongs. I try to tolerate a lot, but that is one "organization" I won't tolerate.
Maybe a church where the business use to be is a great way to handle it.
Maybe a church where the business use to be is a great way to handle it.
so Howard could operate in this shop till he died ,in that sort of atmosphere , why was that a problem ???
Okay, Roxanna... I'm going to try to simplify this...
After a lengthy legal battle between a black South Carolina church and
members of the Ku Klux Klan, a judge has ruled that the church owns a
building where KKK robes and T-shirts are sold.
A circuit judge ruled
last month that New Beginnings Baptist Church is the rightful owner of
the building that houses the Redneck Shop,
which operates a so-called Klan museum and sells Klan robes and
T-shirts emblazoned with racial slurs. The judge ordered the shop's
proprietor to pay the church's legal bills of more than $3,300.
Since
1996, the Redneck Shop has operated in an old movie theater in Laurens,
a city about 70 miles northwest from Columbia that was named after 18th
century slave trader Henry Laurens.
Ownership of the building was transferred in 1997 to the Rev. David Kennedy and his church, New Beginnings,
by a Klansman fighting with others inside the hate group, according to
court records. That man, according to Kennedy, was feuding with store
proprietor John Howard over a woman and "developed a spiritual relationship" with Kennedy's church, the judge wrote.
But
a clause in the deed entitles Howard, formerly KKK grand dragon for the
Carolinas, to operate his business in the building until he dies.
Kennedy and church are the legal owners, but couldn't get Howard to let them inspect their own property. After that... Kennedy is a black man and Howard is a KKK man... KKK basically hates black people and will stop at almost nothing to prove the point... including scare tactics, harassment and a lot more.
My opinion... Howard is not beneficial to anything, but spreading hatred.
After a lengthy legal battle between a black South Carolina church and
members of the Ku Klux Klan, a judge has ruled that the church owns a
building where KKK robes and T-shirts are sold.
A circuit judge ruled
last month that New Beginnings Baptist Church is the rightful owner of
the building that houses the Redneck Shop,
which operates a so-called Klan museum and sells Klan robes and
T-shirts emblazoned with racial slurs. The judge ordered the shop's
proprietor to pay the church's legal bills of more than $3,300.
Since
1996, the Redneck Shop has operated in an old movie theater in Laurens,
a city about 70 miles northwest from Columbia that was named after 18th
century slave trader Henry Laurens.
Ownership of the building was transferred in 1997 to the Rev. David Kennedy and his church, New Beginnings,
by a Klansman fighting with others inside the hate group, according to
court records. That man, according to Kennedy, was feuding with store
proprietor John Howard over a woman and "developed a spiritual relationship" with Kennedy's church, the judge wrote.
But
a clause in the deed entitles Howard, formerly KKK grand dragon for the
Carolinas, to operate his business in the building until he dies.
Kennedy and church are the legal owners, but couldn't get Howard to let them inspect their own property. After that... Kennedy is a black man and Howard is a KKK man... KKK basically hates black people and will stop at almost nothing to prove the point... including scare tactics, harassment and a lot more.
My opinion... Howard is not beneficial to anything, but spreading hatred.
what I meant Breezey, was why nobody knocked him off? maybe a little bit tongue in cheek, but not much ...
lol The problem child is definitely thinking! That never crossed my mind! Do you think it would cause that KKK member to have heart attacks... seeing his business turned into a church that is mainly black people?
So they are the owners,let them have it,or Jessee Jackson & Al Sharpton will be getting their noses in on it then there will be riots ,etc. & guess who will be doing it!! My opinion!
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A member of the Ku Klux
Klan salutes during an American Nazi Party rally. The KKK in South
Carolina recently lost a lawsuit to New Beginnings Baptist Church; the
congregation and its reverend have been ruled to be the rightful owners
of the Redneck Shop, which sells KKK robes and t-shirts. ( William
Thomas Cain/AFP/Getty Images)
I say that any 'club' or group of anything/anyone not willing to show
its face is ASHAMED if itself ... and rightly so. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
A member of the Ku Klux
Klan salutes during an American Nazi Party rally. The KKK in South
Carolina recently lost a lawsuit to New Beginnings Baptist Church; the
congregation and its reverend have been ruled to be the rightful owners
of the Redneck Shop, which sells KKK robes and t-shirts. ( William
Thomas Cain/AFP/Getty Images)
I say that any 'club' or group of anything/anyone not willing to show
its face is ASHAMED if itself ... and rightly so. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
"The judge ordered the shop's proprietor to pay the church's legal bills of more than $3,300."
Okay so far as it goes... BUT... if the church owns the shop... [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
why the judge didn't also award any net profit - since the shop opened
for business - to the church? [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
Now THAT! would approximate "justice"... [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] };>
Okay so far as it goes... BUT... if the church owns the shop... [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
why the judge didn't also award any net profit - since the shop opened
for business - to the church? [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
Now THAT! would approximate "justice"... [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] };>
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