The Killen Trial--Update
This just appeared on WJTV's website:
The defense has rested in the trial of a former Ku Klux Klansman in the 1964 slayings of three civil rights workers. Defense attorneys rested their case after a former mayor testified that the white-supremacist group was a "peaceful organization." Harlan Majure, who was mayor of Philadelphia in the 1990s, said Edgar Ray Killen was a good man and that the part-time preacher's Klan membership would not change his opinion. Majure said the Klan --quote-- "did a lot of good up here" and said he was not personally aware of the organization's bloody past. His comment was met with murmurs in the packed courtroom.
What?? Mr. Majure is an elder at my home church in Philadelphia, Mississippi. I can not believe he would say such things. How could be unaware of the Klans violent past?? What rock have you been under, Mr. Majure?? How was it being under for the last 100 years? And, please, I challange you to tell me what "good" the Klan has done for Neshoba County or anywhere else for that matter.
Remember, Mr. Majure, purjury is a felony. You, sir, lied under oath. How could anyone say the Klan is not violent or that they've done good??
I can not believe that former mayor, mail man and Elder at my CHURCH would say such things.
I have lost all respect for you.
--Jonathan
The defense has rested in the trial of a former Ku Klux Klansman in the 1964 slayings of three civil rights workers. Defense attorneys rested their case after a former mayor testified that the white-supremacist group was a "peaceful organization." Harlan Majure, who was mayor of Philadelphia in the 1990s, said Edgar Ray Killen was a good man and that the part-time preacher's Klan membership would not change his opinion. Majure said the Klan --quote-- "did a lot of good up here" and said he was not personally aware of the organization's bloody past. His comment was met with murmurs in the packed courtroom.
What?? Mr. Majure is an elder at my home church in Philadelphia, Mississippi. I can not believe he would say such things. How could be unaware of the Klans violent past?? What rock have you been under, Mr. Majure?? How was it being under for the last 100 years? And, please, I challange you to tell me what "good" the Klan has done for Neshoba County or anywhere else for that matter.
Remember, Mr. Majure, purjury is a felony. You, sir, lied under oath. How could anyone say the Klan is not violent or that they've done good??
I can not believe that former mayor, mail man and Elder at my CHURCH would say such things.
I have lost all respect for you.
--Jonathan
posted by Jonathan at
1:14 PM
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Re: Harlan Majure testimony.
I think the most shocking statements to come out of the Killen trial was the testimony given under oath by former Philadelphia Mayor Harlan Majure. It was absolutely unbelievable that a man as well respected by both the civic and religious community in Philadelphia and Neshoba County could make such comments. But even more incredible than that was what he said this morning during an interview on Court TV in an effort to further explain his testimony. Mr. Majure said that the comments that appeared in the News media were taken out of context, and the District Attorney did not allow him to finish his remarks on the witness stand. He went on to say that as a young boy he used to hear his Father talk about how the KKK had "visited" someone, and the visit was necessary usually due to the fact that the subject of the "visit" was not taking care of his family or was mistreating his family in some manner and it was necessary for members of the KKK to persuade the individual to do better. Mr. Majure went on to say that there were just as many whites who received a visit as there were blacks, and that the KKK displayed "Equal Opportunity" when it came to addressing these types of difficulties within the family (Uhhh, OK). The host on Court TV who was conducting the interview then said something to this effect: "So by using the term Equal Opportunity, this man is saying that the KKK beat, killed, and terrorized just as many whites as they did blacks."
Gee, thanks Harlan for clearing this all up for us.
Dad
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