He penned a staggering editorial with the headline " The Klan Needs to Ride Again" in the February 14 edition. "Time for the Ku Klux Klan to night ride again," Sutton wrote. "We'll get the hemp ropes out, loop them over a tall limb and hang all of them," Sutton told the newspaper. "Seem like the Klan would be welcome to raid the gated communities up there," Sutton wrote in the editorial. Sutton told USA Today in 2015 that The Democrat-Reporter's circulation, once more than 7,000, had fallen to about 3,000 subscribers.

Source: CNN March 16, 2019 21:00 UTC