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Enrique

(27,461 posts) Thu Jan 10, 2013, 07:56 PM Jan 2013

Photo of the day: the KKK kid and the black State Trooper

Gainesville, Georgia, 1992

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/41451_Photo_of_the_Day-_The_KKK_Kid_and_the_Black_State_Trooper

Todd Robertson/Gainesville Times

Also see:

How KKK Rally Image Found New Life 20 Years After It Was Published

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Photo of the day: the KKK kid and the black State Trooper (Original Post) Enrique Jan 2013 OP

Where's the poor kid now? Scuba Jan 2013 #1

it's reasonable to assume he turned out to be a bad dude Enrique Jan 2013 #2

Oh my... a picture truly is worth a thousand words. n/t agracie Jan 2013 #3

It's really disgusting the way Klan families get their kids started on this shit so young WhoIsNumberNone Jan 2013 #4

Scuba

(53,475 posts)

1. Where's the poor kid now?

Reply to Enrique (Original post)

Thu Jan 10, 2013, 08:01 PM

Jan 2013

Enrique

(27,461 posts)

2. it's reasonable to assume he turned out to be a bad dude

Reply to Scuba (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 10, 2013, 08:08 PM

Jan 2013

the Poynter story gives a lot of background, but the identity of the kid and his mom is lost.

He's not a bad dude in that photo, but he was fated to be raised by the kind of parents that would dress him up for a Klan rally, so it's a safe bet that he's a twenty-something asshole by now.

agracie

(950 posts)

3. Oh my... a picture truly is worth a thousand words. n/t

Reply to Enrique (Original post)

Thu Jan 10, 2013, 11:03 PM

Jan 2013

WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts)

4. It's really disgusting the way Klan families get their kids started on this shit so young

Reply to Enrique (Original post)

Fri Jan 11, 2013, 10:23 AM

Jan 2013

What's the word I'm looking for?...

Oh yeah-

[font size= "4"]INDOCTRINATION![/font]

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