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Imperial Klans of America

The '''Imperial Klans of America, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan''' is a white supremacist organization styled after the original Ku Klux Klan (KKK). In 2008, it was reported that the IKA had the second largest KKK membership. The IKA claims to be the sixth era of the Ku Klux Klan headed by Ron Edwards. Members of the 6th era, as previous eras, claim constitutional rights as part of the "Unorganized Militia". The IKA claims to stand upon Supreme Court decisions in favor of previous Klans. They are headquartered near Dawson Springs, Kentucky and claim external Imperial Klan offices in Australia, Canada, England, Scotland, South Africa, South America, and throughout Europe. In 2001, the IKA's annual "NordicFest" peaked with more than 300 people attending the event. The IKA was featured on National Geographic's "Inside American Terror" in 2008 and The History Channel's Gangland in 2009.

Gruver v. IKA

In July 2006, 3 IKA members beat Jordan Gruver, a 16-year-old boy of Native Americans in the United States|Native American and Panama|Panamanian descent at a Kentucky county fair.http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/11/14/klan.sued.verdict/index.html In February 2007, IKA members Jarred Hensley and Andrew Watkins were convicted and sentenced to three years in prison for beating Gruver. The Southern Poverty Law Center also filed a civil suit on Gruver's behalf in Meade County, Kentucky against IKA "Imperial Wizard" Ron Edwards and the IKA for the actions of the IKA members. On November 14, 2008, an all-white jury of seven men and seven women awarded .5 million in compensatory damages and million in punitive damages to Gruver against Edwards. During the case, the SPLC received nearly a dozen threats "promising the most dangerous threat" ever faced. A July 2007 letter allegedly came from Hal Turner, a white supremacist talk show host. In 2007, Turner was shown on CNN speaking at an event on the IKA Headquarters' grounds."The Noose, An American Nightmare" CNN Special On the second day of the civil trial, a former member of the IKA testified that the Klan had told him to kill Southern Poverty Law Center chief attorney Morris Dees.

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External links

- Official web site
- SPLC Trial Update: Imperial Klans of America from the Southern Poverty Law Center Category:Ku Klux Klan Category:White supremacist groups in the United States

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