Stone Mountain Park, site of the second founding of the KKK in 1915, says it ‘condemns the beliefs and actions’ of the white supremacist groupGeorgia’s Stone Mountain park has denied the Ku Klux Klan’s request to burn a cross at the top of the mountain, where the second KKK was founded in 1915. Joey Hobbs, of the Sacred Knights’ Ku Klux Klan, submitted a permit application request for 20 people to attend a cross-burning on top of the mountain, which is notorious for being tied to the KKK. “We will light our cross and 20 minutes later we will be gone,” Hobbs wrote on the permit. There has been a spate of white supremacist rallies at the park in recent years, though they are often attended by more protesters than supporters. The association cited the April 2016 rally and said the cross-burning would require more safety resources than could be provided.

Source: The Guardian August 16, 2017 20:37 UTC