They used to do the guarding at Florida prisons. Now they're the ones behind bars. Two Florida corrections officers and one former officer trainee have been charged in a plot to kill a former inmate who was getting out of prison, the Florida Attorney General's office said Thursday. An FBI informant met the men: Thomas Jordan Driver, 25; David Elliot Moran, 47; and Charles Thomas Newcomb, 42, after infiltrating a branch of the KKK: the Traditional American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. Driver told the informant that he had gotten into a fight with the inmate and that he and Moran wanted him "six feet under," according to court documents. To convince the suspects that the deed had been done, the FBI staged a fake homicide scene with the former inmate and took pictures to show them that he had been killed. The three men are now facing up to 30 years in jail if convicted on one count each of conspiracy to commit murder. "We will not tolerate nor will we ever remain silent over the violence of hatred embedded in prejudice in this country," Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi said.
I think, not only does this show how racist America was back then, it also shows how far we've come. It shows that with persistence and the different laws set in place, blacks were able to achieve justice and have equal rights. The KKK was a very dangerous group in the 50's and 60's and they are still alive today. Many of those organizations took part in lynchings, fires, break-ins and other terrible things in their attempt to drive out the blacks and continue segregation. Though im saddened knowing that there is still very extreme prejudice in this world, it makes my heart happy knowing that people are doing their best to stop it.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/03/us/florida-kkk-corrections-murder-plot/index.html
I always cringe when I hear KKK doings... I agree, I am very happy that there was justice, but I really do wish that discrimination and such extreme hate could end. Although virtually impossible, I really hope we come closer to it. But you're right! The U.S. has come very far.
ReplyDeleteI agree, the U.S. has come far but there is always more to be done :-)
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