KKK visits Haymarket

Elena

You just never know what someone might share over Challah french toast, scrambled eggs, and coffee! I had a little gathering for breakfast today, and to my shock, one of my guests who lives near Bull Run Mountain, out of the blue, says “hey, did I tell you that someone from the KKK delivered a newsletter at the end of my driveway?” With jaw open from shock, I reply “Uh, no, you didn’t tell me”.

So apparently, a little over a week ago, this person discovered this “news” piece at the end of their driveway. I asked if they knew if any other people had been lucky enough to get this “jewel” delivered, and they said they didn’t know. I wonder, why is it that the KKK believes that there is fertile ground in places like Prince William and Loudon Counties?

The Ku Klux Klan, which just a few years ago seemed static or even moribund compared to other white supremacist movements such as neo-Nazis, has experienced a surprising and troubling resurgence due to the successful exploitation of hot-button issues including immigration, gay marriage and urban crime. Klan groups have witnessed a surprising and troubling resurgence by exploiting fears of an immigration explosion, and the debate over immigration has in turned helped to fuel an increase in Klan activity, with new groups sprouting in parts of the country that have not seen much activity.

9500 Liberty Street: A New Wall is Erected

MoonHowler

What is all the stir over in the City of Manassas? Do I hear the pitter patter of deja vus? What goes there? It seems that 9500 Liberty is all aglow with new construction, according to Chris@4:47 PM:

**off topic**
Looks like there’s yet another “liberty wall” being built. I can’t wait to see what the wall will read this time. Each sign has gotten progressively more offensive. Here we go again.

…. I have the photographic evidence to prove my post.

Chris got the first scoop. She reported that the folks over at 9500 were socializing, painting and had completed construction. The verbiage is not finished quite yet. Everyone seemed to be having a good time and enjoying the sunny day after the brutal cold of the past couple of weeks.

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EDITORIAL: The Nativists Are Restless

MoonHowler

Every once in a while, an article or opinion piece comes along that just cannot be retold or summarized. This one you have to read for yourself, in its entirety. It will all look all too familiar.
From the New York Times:

The relentlessly harsh Republican campaign against immigrants has always hidden a streak of racialist extremism. Now after several high-water years, the Republican tide has gone out, leaving exposed the nativism of fringe right-wingers clinging to what they hope will be a wedge issue.
Last week at the National Press Club in Washington, a group seeking to speak for the future of the Republican Party declared that its November defeats in Congressional races stemmed not from having been too hard on foreigners, but too soft.

The group, the American Cause, released a report arguing that anti-immigration absolutism was still the solution for the party’s deep electoral woes, actual voting results notwithstanding. Rather than “pander to pro-amnesty Hispanics and swing voters,” as President Bush and Karl Rove once tried to do, the report’s author, Marcus Epstein, urged Republicans to double down on their efforts to run on schemes to seal the border and drive immigrants out.
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Prince William ICE Detainee Dies While in Custody

MoonHowler
Picture c/o –
Washington Post
Just when you think PWC is getting out of the limelight, here we go again. Guido Newbrough awoke in great pain last November. His fellow inmates tried to alert guards at the Piedmont Regional Jail. Guido was allegedly treated as a malingerer by the guards.

Unlike most of his cell mates, Guido was born in Germany and had lived in Prince William County since age 6. His mother had married an American who raised Guido as his own. The next part of the story is somewhat confusing. Guido was convicted of aggravated sexual assault in 2003 which made him eligible for deportation. He was sent to Piedmont Regional Jail last February on an ICE detainer.

Sometime around Thanksgiving he became extremely ill from undiagnosed bacterial infections, was transported to a Richmond hospital, and died. He had complained for about a week of excruciating pain. Newborough is the second ICE detainee to die while in custody at Piedmont Regional Jail in the past 2 years.

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