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Blogger Who Revealed GOP Leader's KKK Ties Had Home Internet Lines Cut

blottsie writes Last month, Lamar White, Jr. set off a firestorm in Washington when a post on his personal blog revealed that House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, the third most powerful Republican in the House of Representatives, was a featured speaker at a white nationalist conference put on by former Klu Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke. Then someone climbed in his back yard and severed his Internet cables.

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  1. His ties to the KKK? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    That's stretching it a bit. While touring New Orleans to speak about his opposition the Stelly tax plan, he spoke once to a small EURO contingent, hours before the actual convention, not at the actual convention, one stop among many. Guilty by brief association?

    http://www.snopes.com/politics...

  2. Re:Steve Scalise did NOT speak to KKK group by Doitroygsbre · · Score: 5, Informative

    Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), the House majority whip, acknowledged Monday that he spoke at a gathering hosted by white-supremacist leaders while serving as a state representative in 2002

    So he confirmed he spoke to a group, but didn't know they were founded by Duke and didn't know they were racist. Where is the lie?

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    There in no religion higher than truth.
  3. Re:Steve Scalise did NOT speak to KKK group by sjames · · Score: 5, Informative

    Nonsense.. Even Scalise doesn't believe that.

  4. Re:Steve Scalise did NOT speak to KKK group by andydread · · Score: 4, Informative

    actually that has been debunked. He did speak to them and he's gone so far as admitted it. He also told a reporter that he's "David Duke without all the baggage"

  5. Re:Censorship? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Every time you trot out this known falsehood you sound like an idiot. They were political organizations that were required to do more work to prove that they were following the law and not taking advantage of hype in one area or another. The groups targeted were both left and right leaning groups and the leftists groups were the only ones denied anything. Stop lying or being misinformed. I'm so sick of people who can't see that they are being manipulated by political entities against their own self interest acting as the mouthpiece for their overlords. I'm not saying it's an issue that affects one political party more than another, but currently conservatives seem to be the ones more full of stupid. No one should be proud to be ignorant. We have enough real issues to deal with that this kind of childish distraction just gets in the way of getting things most Americans already agree on done.

  6. Re:Standard cop tactic in the USA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    So, did you tell the prosecutor (or plaintiff)? Even in Philadelphia, witness intimidation can get you in trouble.

  7. Re:Standard cop tactic in the USA by jklovanc · · Score: 5, Informative

    Did you report it to any of the following; local police board, state police board, prosecutor in the case? The prosecutor would be your best bet as they usually get pissed off when their witnesses are messed with. The prosecutor could charge the officers with witness tampering. Did you politely ask for the case number so you could refer to the incident later?