KKK rally in Nahunta draws hundreds

Last Update: 2/20 8:24 pm

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KKK Rally in Nahunta (Ilyssa Trussel)

NAHUNTA, Ga. -- Wearing their traditional white hoods and gowns and holding red flags, members of the Ku Klux Klan marched into the town of Nahunta Saturday afternoon.

"We're here to tell you to wake up, Georgia and stop the Latino invasion now," shouted KKK Member Jeff Jones.

Klan members talked about immigration, gun rights and sex offenders. More than 200 people gathered to take pictures and observe.

"I came to see what it was about," said one local man who let his son sit on his shoulders, to get a view over the crowd.

Some were there in support, holding confederate flags and cheering.

"They got some good views," said KKK Supporter Gene Spaulding who drove to Nahunta from Brunswick. "If they let them take over the country, it would be a better country."

Others, like the Trail of Dreams and the NAACP, were there to counter protest the KKK's message.

"They are here to spread hatred. They are here to spread animosity. They're here to incite wrongness," said NAACP member Ezekiel Holley.

County leaders say everyone has a right to their opinion; the first amendment guarantees it. They just wish the KKK would exercise that right somewhere else.

"The real tragedy to me is we made the national news media because we're having a Klan rally and that's not what this town is all about," said Brantley County Commission Chairman Ronald Ham.

Nearly 150 law enforcement officers were brought in from all over Georgia to make sure the rally remained peaceful. The county says police made no arrests.

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