that is directly relevant to klan interests and particularly klan hatreds. it's there the klan is going to help shape what federal prohibition legislation is going to look like. it's there the klan is going to help shape what the immigration legislation looks like in the 1920s. because of this, the klan doesn't need extra legal vigilante violence to achieve their goals. instead, the klan of the 1920s is very effective in shaping policy to support their violent ideology. political power meant the klan violence expressed itself as state violence. it expressed itself not through robed klansmen, but through federal prohibition enforcement agents. it expressed itself through the border patrol created in 1924, the same year the klan's membership peaks. so, if we're to understand the enduring legacy of the klan, it's that enter sectional nexus between bigotry, violence and politics that we need to understand. thank you. [ applause ] >> well, that is a pretty good place to jump off on a broader conversation about violence in political history. i think the first thin

to klan interest and particularly klan hatred. it is there that the klan it's going to help shape what federal prohibition legislation is going to look like. it is there that the klan it's going to help shape what the immigration restriction legislation of the 1920s looks like. because of this, the klan does not need extra legal vigilante violence to achieve its goals. instead, the klan of the 1920s is very effective at shaping policy to support their violent ideology. political power meant the klan violent express itself as state violence. it express itself not through rogue clansmen but a through federal prohibition enforcement agents, it expressed itself through the border patrol, created in 1924. at the same year that the klan 's membership peaks. and so, if we are to understand the enduring legacy of the clan, it is that intersectional nexus between bigotry, violence, and politics that we need to understand. thank you. (applause) that's a good place to jump off a broader conversation about the violence in political history. i

and that was the wkkk, the women's ku klux klan. there were no women in the first ku klux klan. they acted quietly, but they did a lot of damage. they would talk as they were hanging up their clothes behind their homes. and they would talk about the italian butcher. saying he was roman catholic. or the jewish shoemaker. and all of a sudden, the italian butcher and the jewish shoemaker would not have any customers. they didn't know why people who had been their customers for years suddenly weren't their customers anymore. and they would have to move away because they didn't have any businesses. it was mostly important in small towns. and the small-town americans, many of them, believed they were losing out to urban americans and, by the way, in the 1920 -- for the first time in 1920, urban americans, there were more urban americans than rural americans. the klan was brutal. there were murders, church burnings, brandings. and that ended suddenly. it ended when the grand dragon, as he called himself, of the ku klux klan in indiana was convicted of the kidnap, rape, and murder of a

what did grant do to combat the klan? was he successful? mr. chernow: the klan starts in polasky, tennessee. they start out of a group of confederate veterans. they start wearing old uniforms and drilling. it becomes a militaristic secret organization. hoodshey put on robes and and terrorize people. this is prompted by the 15th amendment. nothing terrified the white south more than the black men. the terror was very much directed against blacks voting or registering to vote. there was no southern sheriff who would arrest a member. there was no southern jury that would convict a member. there was no southern white who would testify against the clan. there were hundreds, maybe thousands of murders of blacks that went on prosecuted. had a very crusading attorney general. ackerman brought 3000 indictments and got more than 1000 convictions against the klan and crush them. it was his greatest achievement as president. the klan we know is from a resurgence in the 1920's. the one that is still alive with us. they borrowed a lot of techniques and ideol

this is a sad crowd of ohio ku klux klan members.hey had a rally and they invited reporters to come film it, which they did. much of what they said was unintelligible. one in your text. i do not think they marched on congress like they said, there were not 400,000 strong as promised. they were charged with criminal syndicalism and prosecution that was a recapitulation of whitney. the court said we are not going to apply whitney here. that is not the test now. ms. honeycutt, can you tell us what the test is? unmuted?am i prof. reynolds: you are. student: the element they added is now you have to show they were directly trying to incite or produce imminent lawless action. or do such action. prof. reynolds: and likely to succeed as well. the incitement, the action -- speech has to be erected to inciting imminent lawless action and likely to succeed. that is a stricter test. student: is there any differences between that and get itlow? or is it just so they change direction? prof. reynolds: there is a difference with gitlow. they stated

some would say the klan is kind of like hollywood. right? they're -- you have -- if you were to look at, say, "time" magazine in 1921, klansmen were not ashamed to hide their faces -- so ashamed they would hide their faces. they would, in fact, walk around very publicly with their whatever flaps thrown back because the war tells us in this worry about other people hiding amongst us, the klan gets re-branded or sanitized as the defenders, the domestic crusaders. right? they're looking out for all of those problem populations that we've talked about. and so the klan starts this campaign called 100% americanism. they're the ones who will always be 100% american. they're the ones who will find those who aren't. and in so doing, in adopting this new kind of campaign, they play some critical distance between themselves and the kinds of violence that had been getting a lot of bad publicity for the united states. that had in some instances, though not nearly enough, got some americans thinking, is this really who we want to be? because stories about

the ku klux klan has already infiltrated the police department and other high authority departments.uring the late 1960's, when i was a little girl looking at the huntley brinley news, there was a grand klansman who stated that the klan would not be demonstrating out in the street like they were at the time, where they were putting their dolls on watcher luther king and beating black folks ups the -- up the side of the head with their clubs. they said we will be in positions where we won't have to do that anymore. that time is now. someone needs to look that up. it was during the late 60 -- 1960's. it was stated by the grand klansman. host: murray in ohio this morning. in ohio thise morning. as we said, race relations with african americans in the country. topics have been discussed in the house floor in the wake of the death of george floyd. here is another from yesterday afternoon, newly elected congressman in foo may of maryland. >> i rise today because i want to call the name of george floyd. george floyd, who lost his life this week because of a minneapolis police officer. georg

we also have a peculiar inversion, or rebirth of the klan because of the war. now the klan, is not the worst of the white supremacist organizations operating at this time. there are a lot of them, some would say that the client the clan is kind of like hollywood. if you were to look at time accusing. clansman we're not ashamed to show their faces. so ashamed they would walk publicly their flaps thrown back because the war tells us in this worry about other people hiding amongst us, the klan gets re-branded or sanitized as the defenders. the domestic crusaders. they are looking out for all of those problems populations we have talked about. the cohen starts this campaign called 100% americanism. they are the ones who will always be 100% american and the ones will find who aren't. and so doing, in adopting this own campaign, they place critical distance between themselves and the kinds of violence that had been getting a lot of bad publicity for the united states. that had in some instances, the not nearly enough, got some americans thinking is this really who we

black, a ku klux klan he had a cross burning on his property. he was convicted under virginia statutes, with the intent of intimidating, and a jury can infer from the fact you burned a cross. cross isng of the sufficient evidence from which you may infer required intent. is morer defendant violent, burned a cross in the yard of his next-door neighbor, whether its unclear was racial animus or making too much noise. the court says, well, cross burning isoss intertwined with the history of a tool ofx klan as intimidation and threat of impending violence. this is true. after the brown case, there was klan,urgence of the cross burnings again. the symbolism of burning across can reasonably seen as that, so the courts says we have to analyze this virginia statute and see whether virginia is thingsing true threat or beyond the limit of the true threat doctrine. true threat encompasses statements where the speaker means to communicate intent to commit an act of unlawful violence towards a particular visual or group of individuals. notice the characterist

so the klan starts this campaign cut 100% american.they are the ones who will always be 100% american. they are the ones you will find those who aren't and in so doing, and adopting this new kind of campaign, they play some critical distance between themselves and the kinds of violence that had been getting a load of bad publicity from the united states, that had in some instances but not nearly enough, that some americans were thinking, is this who we really want to be? because stories about people who kill other citizens on math tend to come from autocratic places like russia and the ottoman empire. and domestically part of how we kept an eye on our population and kept things stable so that we could stay neutral was to increase dramatically the amount of policing that we do of normal american citizens. it is just that it is okay now, because we are looking for spies. we are looking for ways that germans will infiltrate american society, poison our wells, ruin our crops. dump bull evil on our cotton. anything to undermine us. pay our

before i was born and for them nothing has changed what they tell me is that they had the ku klux klan and people hanging from trees and now you have police who are killing with with out punishment and so there's they're wondering like you when is something going to change and i think that there was a little bit of hope when you look at all these protests across the country because for the 1st time you're really seeing a diversity. and unity in these groups when you talk about past instances where you look at what happened with the death of michael brown in ferguson missouri or eric garner in new york this was mostly black people marching and demanding for change and now you're see more diversity more white people and this is what these activists say is needed in order to make a change so we'll see if it makes a difference and since you touched on it just a moment ago it's not just about police brutality is it's about so much more we know that black communities in the u.s. are also right now suffering disproportionately from the coronavirus pandemic they're more affected economically w

it was lynching with the ku klux klan and in 2020 it's police. killing unarmed black people without any kind of punishment and so they're really pushing for the united states to actually make substantive change and they say that this cannot happen unless white people who benefit from white people of privilege in the united states step forward and speak up for other americans they need to see it as our time we use their privilege to make a difference because it's not up to black americans to change the way the system works it wasn't built to help us work but white americans benefit from it and if they actually care about the fabric of america then they need to step up and they need to help out and there were some promise of that when you look at the groups of demonstrators across the country you mentioned that there's been protests before and people angry demanding change before. we saw this with michael brown with his killing and ferguson missouri we saw this with eric garner and his killing in new york but now 2 groups of people are more diverse

. >> reporter: outrage is growing over a man seen wearing a ku klux klan hood inside of a bond groceryego. other shoppers took pictures of the man, seen saturday in the city of santee. store clerks reportedly asked the man to remove the hood or leave. he finally took it off while he was in line. then paid for his items and left. santee's mayor and others have condemned the incident. detectives from the san diego county sheriff's department are now investigating and will pursue any appropriate charges. >> trevor: wow, wearing a klan hood as a face mask. that seems counter-productive, because, i mean, you might not get corona, but you're definitely getting your ass whipping. and i know this guy thought he was being intimidating wearing a k.k.k. mask in public, but i'm sorry, man. i can't be scared of anyone buying gogurt. plus, i like how he only wore the hood. so he was at home like, "should i put the robe on, too? no, no, no. i'm a moderate klansman." now, if you've been watching the protests going on around the country, it's clear that for some people, not wearing a mask is a matter o

. >>> a shopper wears a ku klux klan hood. why they are not charging him. that is coming up next, streaming on cbsn bay area. >>> i am tracking light showers, pushing across parts of the bay area. what you can expect in your neighborhood coming up. >>> with that weather comes some slick surfaces. there is a wine advisory on the bay bridge. details are coming up. >>> remember, we want to bring you the good news happening in the bay area and connect to two people looking to help. go to kpix.com/together and you will find stories of how we are better together. you ca >>> no charges will be filed against a man who walked into a california grocery store wearing a ku klux klan hood. they announced a decision on monday. in early may him he entered a southern california grocery store wearing a headdress and he told them it was not intended as a racial statement. authorities determined there was not enough evidence to charge him with any crime. >>> despite the soaring unemployment, a survey of 350 property owners found 96.8% of tenants pay their rent in may. the per

they will say nothing is change they will tell you that during this the sixty's it was a coup klux klan and hanging people from trees and now it's the police being able to kill with without punishment and and so they're watching this and they're wondering what's next when is america going to be fed up when is everybody else going to be fed up and this is where we are seeing a little bit of change because usually and recent years we've seen protests whether it was michael brown and missouri it was mostly black people protest. and now you're seeing a diverse group of people and this is what activists have been saying for years that nothing is going to change in the united states until white people white allies who benefit from white privilege use that privilege and say look enough is enough we need to make america safe for everybody and so when we see this mix of people all demonstrators are hoping activists are hoping that this means that the united states is ready to make some substantive change what about the frustration that we're saying do you think it's solely related to police brut

telling us to pay so we wouldn't have any problems as an insurance in the end the klan members were arrested and salvatore demetrio has not had any problem since but he's aware of the risks that the camara poses at the moment that person most of the men. are getting in through them for life who have been waiting for their wages since march she would have a desirable offer. for camorra tell the employees that they've got money for the boss and all they have to do is convince him to take and then everyone will be happy but at the. demand taylor has also run out of funds and it's going to be some time before his pizzeria goes back to pre-k. vent times if ever he's not allowed to have as many tables and chairs as he used to because of the new hygiene measures he thinks he's looking at a 3rd of his regular custom and $24.00 of his employees are facing unemployment he and anna faris say that it's important that local business owners in naples work together to fight the current economic situation and against the organized crime groups. that's up a bit at the end he said that he attacked. we're like

what appeared to be a klan hood. this happened at a vons grocery store in santee and san diego county store employees told that man to remove for hood or leave. the photos and the video have sparked outrage online and from community leaders. >>i am so because is always sad when somebody regardless of what the ratio. resorts any time a symbol of just that it's some kind of a trick people are struggling with side with the virus and with what's happening in their divisiveness of the world and i think seeing such a symbol of hate. >>really i people's own supermarket, a place you and go you know any it sends a message. >>the san diego county sheriff's department is investigating that incident. california is suing ride-hailing companies uber and left accusing them of misclassifying their drivers as independent contractors under the state's new labor law that law took effect january 1st makes it harder for companies to classify workers as independent contractors, instead of employees who are entitled to minimum wage and uh

but one man in california went too far he was seen at a grocery store wearing what appeared to be a klan hood you see him here. this happened at a vons grocery store in santee and san diego county store employees told the man to remove the hood or leave. the photos of sparked outrage online and from community leaders. >>some of the show's is always sad when somebody regardless of what the ratio. yes. resorts she. any time a symbol of just that it's some kind of a trick people are struggling with side with the virus and with what's happening in their divisiveness some of the world and i think seeing such a symbol of hate. >>really i people's own supermarket, a place you and go you know any it sends a message. >>the san diego county sheriff's department is investigating the incident. california is suing ride-hailing companies uber and left accusing them of misclassifying drivers as independent contractors under the state's new labor law that law took effect january first it makes it harder for companies to classify workers as independent contractors instead of employees who are entitled to

foretold and all there of mother who does castro narco communism schemes they have had the chevys to klan infiltrating in the opposition government of one way though from the get go posting as democratic chavez smoke which is an oxymoron chevys more should be banned like naziism was in germany after the war in my humble opinion with all due respect the biggest mistake from one white bill has been up to date to involve chappie stud drug traffickers and people involved in corruption in any strategy. and or your kind of a hard for example both with us indictments for money laundering and drug trafficking i handle bit tunku are investigating several jurisdictions for a grand corruption so closely siding with why though according to the washington post another double agent infiltrated in the opposition would be set aside all manner of bipartisan bagmen asked for he's on public letter declare being an acquaintance of both leopoldo lopez and a year whose mother was a 2nd in command that 1st failed mark attempt was it april 30th where asked when why they'll and libelled a lump is where both 2 see

number one, the georgia klan was organized six miles in stone mountain, georgia, from where we lived. every friday afternoon, the klan would hold a rally in a big field across from our house and burn a cross. that implanted in my mind the idea that this was a dangerous group for us, but we were also being intimidated and bullied and i didn't like that. but then i became very -- i had my first very best friend was a white boy. and he and i were inseparable until we reached the age of 15. when we reached the age of 15, his parents told him he could no longer be my friend and that he as a white boy was better than me and, therefore, he and i could no longer hang out together. he came to me and told me that story, which was amazing. and he was -- he felt horrible about it. but he had no basis of not obeying his parents. that split us up. we never had contact again. i became very angry as a result of that. then engaged in my first protest on a saturday morning, i will never forget it, i was in the town and wanted to go in the bathroom. went in what was at that time called a colored bathroo

klan going back to world apart dr next year johnny the author all right madness i'm covering billings between leadership and mental illness dr got me as i mentioned before your book was published in 2011 before the election know donald trump who made the psychologist describe as well let's call it mentally a centric and he clearly as you sat has he's manic trade he's definitely not the american president do you think his uniqueness serves america well add the time of unprecedented and so. well you know my general thesis was that america across a leader is helpful in a crisis but is not helpful in a non-crisis period and i think trump was elected in 2016 when we were not in a crisis i think his problem in the last 3 years was when it seems we're fine he was causing a lot of. instability in trouble in a way by messing around with there is aspects of the political economic system that actually have been functioning on and that led to a lot of conflict in division in the country. now that we're in a crisis you would think that maybe he'd be in a position to do well but his problem in my v

and they allow these guys to go 74 days free which means you know ticket could exist there of the klan seen the whole works that that how you get investigation done if you immediately get in and and you know secured a crime scene and do your investigation so it's it's horrific and it's in its nature and it's unbelievable that this video actually sparked the investigation to even just get underway now the 2 man the father and son they're using the argument of the stand your ground law and the citizen's arrest i want you to 1st listen to the 911 call that was made about our barry listen 1st where he's wrong. what he doing. you. know what you. know what you want to be wrong. so that's the big thing is i just need to know what he was doing wrong the stand your ground law depending upon the state says that if you feel threatened and that can vary from for person to person how threatened do you feel is this law to muddy could this actually help this father and son in court or does this law do seem to be tossed out altogether. well i don't see how it could go because the guy was running away

we had reconstruction, then we had the ku klux klan and we had the black coats and civil rights movement and reagan and the backlash to that. and then we have been in these cycles, you know, forever. >> is it two steps forward one step back. or one step forward and two steps back. i go back and forth on by bad days, just one step. >> right. >> how much do you feel like electing barack obama brought us donald trump? >> oh, i feel very strongly that we're living in a backlash to barack obama just as we did the backlash to reconstruction. you know, seeing those black governors and senators and congressmen, like people weren't having that and that's where you had, you know, the epidemic of mentions and black coats and now we're living through something similar to that again and, you know, it's america. >> and you're watching book tv on c-span2 with a look about race in america. now, here is wall street journal columnist jason riley from our monthly author interview program in depth. in december 2019 with his views on the subject. >> i think there is a tendency to view black history rit large

uniforms are possibly more deadly to you than any gang member, than any terrorist, than any ku klux klanember, because you're going to contact them so often. and every single time, there's a chance they'll assume you're a deadly threat. your skin is your sense. i don't care how well you do. >> alita, i want you to get to the element of the third degree murder charge. the manslaughter charge against this former officer derek chauvin. but also the liberty to discuss what van has approached as well. >> yeah. one thing i want to say with respect to van's comment, i agree with him. i have a double burden in my household. i have a black son. my black son, though, has a disability. and my biggest fear is that a police officer approaches my son and he won't understand if he's given a command by a police officer, he won't know how to respond to that because he has a developmental responsibility. those of us who have black sons, whose kids are disabled, our fear is even more heightened. because we know that our kids could be inadvertently shot or killed by police, simply because he did not respond

was a period of home grown american terrorism not on what some of bin laden planned but the ku klux klanoups that kills more americans and bin laden ever managed to do. how you deal with terrorism how do you can bet it is a reconstruction question. the relationship between economic democracy and political democracy it's a period where at least men not women there is a level playing field of political rights. and yet economically of course the former slaves were at a tremendous disadvantage. they came out of slavery with no economic wherewithal, they were not giving 40 acres and a mule that many thought were there right coming out of slavery. and so you have a vast inequality economically coupled with a tremendous stride toward political democracy politically. that is not unlike our situation today in this country we have had such an increase in inequality. that's been in the last generation or so. another thing is, for many, many years we go to historiography at great length, many, many years reconstruction was seen as the lowest point in the american political drama. in other words it's

. >>> the man who wore a ku klux klan hood into a san diego county grocery store would not be facing charges. this happened back on may 2nd, it attracted outrage around the country from local leaders as well as civil rights organizations. it's like sourcing for the store said, the man was asked repeatedly to take off that hood or leave the store. the shares to said they didn't have enough evidence to pursue charges against that man. >>> today's protesters plan together in san francisco to honor those who have died of the coronavirus while behind bars. several bay area religious leaders will lead today's demonstration outside the federal building on golden gate avenue. the protesters are demanding more protection from the virus for those now serving time in california jails and prisons. >>> time is now 5:38, going back to steve paulson right now outside the studios. it is raining but it is a light rain, but it's coming down. >> history has repeated itself and we will show you that here. we did not get any rain in february, that seven twice in san francisco's history yet but time we go