Fla. jailer fired for KKK membership; officer says he attended rallies, blogged on KKK site

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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-us-corrections-officer-kkk,0,4295889.story

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A county jailer in Florida has been fired after telling investigators he was an officer of the Ku Klux Klan.

An internal affairs report by the Alachua (ah-LAH-chu-AH) County Sheriff's Office says Detention Officer Wayne Kerschner defended the KKK as a faith-based organization.

Kerschner told investigators that he blogged on a KKK Web site, attended a rally in Tennessee and paid dues to the United Northern and Southern Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. He said his wife was also a member.

Kerschner was fired Wednesday for violating a department ban on subversive or terrorist organizations. He had worked four years at the jail in Gainesville. A phone number for Kerschner could not be found Thursday.

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1. Time for another FBI smackdown of the Klan. nt

[jpak]

2. but...but...but...it's a faith based organization!

:D