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Cross-fighting ritual fuels low a Klan effort
Three armed Klan members guarded a farm south of Osceola Indiana as the Church of the National Knights staged a cross fighting rally. The event drew about 70 Klan members and sympathizers, with crosses lit up to 60 feet tall though a cross collapsed. Imperial Wizard Ray Larsen led a night of ritual with a mixed crowd, stressing separation and religious framing while denying racial hatred.
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Rick Smith Gazette
Osceola
Ind
Church of the National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
South Bend
Southern Poverty Law Center
SPLC
Montgomery
Ala
Ray Larsen
Cnkkkk
Betty Dobratz
Iowa State University
United States
Larsen
Indiana
Ruth
Ruth Larsen
Baltimore
Michael McQueeney
Wisconsin
McQueeney
Iowan Lynch
California
Jeff Berry
The
American Knights
Lynch
Iowa
Earth