This KKK member was sentenced to life in prison but you won't believe why welcome back Charlie
here the Ku Klux Klan or KKK was founded as a hate group in the USA the group was most active
in the 1920s but you may be surprised to learn there are still thousands of members of this
evil group today we'll look at times KKK members were sentenced to Life Behind Bars and their wild
reactions in the courtroom first we have to look at Edgar Ray killum Edgar Ray Killen was
a prominent KKK member in 1964 he planned the murder of three people Andrew Goodman Michael
schwerner and James Chaney had their lives ended the three victims were civil rights activists they
were participating in the Freedom Summer of 1964. this was a big civil rights protest in Mississippi
the three men had just visited the victims of the burning of a black church but that's when a KKK
member who worked for the police arrested the men the police said they were speeding but there was
no proof after the men were released from jail their car was tailed by the KKK the KKK then
forced their car off the road and then shot the three activists inside sadly ending their lives
the men were found 44 Days Later buried in a dam shockingly at the time the state of Mississippi
refused to prosecute any of the men responsible but in 1967 18 men were arrested for the incident
this included the KKK leader Sam Bowers as well as the sheriff and also Edgar Ray Killen most of
the men involved were sent to prison except Edgar Ray Killen he somehow got away with a crime or so
he thought but many years later a reporter named Jerry Mitchell was investigating the incident he
found new Witnesses and found new evidence that Edgar Ray Killen was involved including the fact
that he planned these killings in 2005 at age 80 Killen was arrested once again the case went
to court he was found guilty for the crimes and was sentenced to 60 years in prison given
that he was 80 at the time this of course meant a life sentence Edgar Ray Killen passed away in
2018 while behind bars it's a shame Justice was only served 40 years after the crime but
although late at least Justice was served next we have to look at Sean Berry Lawrence Brewer
and John King in 1998 these three men ended the life of James Bird JR this took place in Jasper
Texas the three men offered to give James a ride but instead of taking James home the men took him
to a remote Road they then assaulted James and dragged him behind a Ford pickup truck for three
miles sadly James would later pass away from the injuries the men then left James's body in
front of a black church James was found the next morning there was no surveillance cameras or any
Witnesses so how were these evil men uncaught well it was basically down to their own stupidity near
the area where the killing took place police found a wrench with the word Berry written on
it obviously belonging to Sean Berry police also found a lighter with the word possum on it possum
was John King's prison nickname Lawrence Brewer and John King were well-known white supremacists
making it very obvious this was a hate crime King even had several very hateful tattoos on his body
including the logo of a hate group named the Confederate Knights of America a judge found
Sean Lawrence and John all guilty for James's murder in 2011 Lawrence Brewer was executed by
injection and in 2019 John King met the same fate Sean Barry was sentenced to life in prison but
could be out as early as 2038. next let's look at Kayla Norton and Jose Torres Kayla and Jose
were both members of a hate group named Respect the flag they were sentenced for an evil attack
on an eight-year-old boy's birthday a party in Georgia they said various racial obscenities they
also threatened to use firearms and also waved Confederate flags all while drinking heavily
this took place in July 2015. only one month after someone ended nine lives in a black church Kaylor
and Jose also threatened various black drivers a judge later declared respect the flag as a
straight gang in the courtroom Kayla Norton cried and apologized to the victim's families
Jose Torres was also seen crying in the end Jose Torres was sentenced to 13 years in prison Kayla
Norton was given six years in prison for her part they were also both banned from entering
Douglas County ever again next we have to look at Jeremy Christian in May 2017 Jeremy was on
a train in Portland Oregon that's when he had a massive free count he started making very racial
remarks and threatening many passengers on the train Taliesin namkari mesh and Micah David Cole
Fletcher stepped in they told Jeremy to calm down and stop making hateful remarks but that's
when Jeremy pulled out a knife stabbing both men along with another passenger named Ricky
best Micah thankfully survived but Taliesin and rookie sadly both passed away Jeremy
Christian then ran away he was soon arrested and went to trial the surviving victim Micah
said that he has nightmares every night just proving the lasting effects of Jeremy's evil
crimes in the end Jeremy was given two life sentences plus 51 years with zero chance of
parole meaning this dangerous and hateful man will never be released from behind bars that's
probably a good thing seeing as he had a major freak out in court everybody [Music] [Laughter]
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he began shouting at one of the victims and even threatened to end her life eventually having to
be removed from the courtroom next we have to look at Russell courtier this crime also took
place in Portland Oregon one day Russell cortier was arguing with larnelle Bruce Jr outside a
7-Eleven but things escalated rapidly Russell cortier got into his Jeep and ran over larnell
Bruce Jr sadly ending his life but why would Russell cortier do this well it turns out he
was part of a hateful prison gang named European Kindred he had the group's logo on his hat as well
as a tattoo on his leg his hat was found at the crime scene and CCTV also caught the whole thing
on camera he was arrested and taken to court his girlfriend Colleen hunt was also arrested that's
because it was her car that he used and she was cheering him on inside of the car Russell
cortier received life imprisonment next next we have to look at Charles Newcomb David Moran and
Thomas Driver these three KKK members plotted to take someone's life the three men were Florida
prison guards ant had planned to end the life of someone who used to be an inmate at the prison
where they worked thankfully the plot was foiled by the FBI they wanted to end the life of a man
named Warren Williams this was over a fight one of the men had with Warren they planned to use
insulin to take his life and then dump him in a lake to make it look like he drowned the FBI
was able to save Warren Williams life they did this by infiltrating the KKK and finding out
their plot to end Warren's life the men are now in the same prison where they used to work only
this time they're not guards but inmates finally let's look at Harry Rogers Harry Rogers was the
president of the Virginia KKK in 2021 he was sentenced to five years in prison this was for
driving his truck through a crowd of protesters the protesters had gathered to protest the killing
of George Floyd that's when Harry Rogers drove his truck into many people thankfully no one
passed away but there were various injuries he pleaded guilty to three counts of assault one
count of destruction of property and one count of Hit and Run footage later emerged of Harriet
Clan member meetings showing that what he did was by no means a mistake although he was sentenced
to five years some said that wasn't enough that's because if Harry was driving his truck any faster
people could have easily lost their lives but now it's time for you to make your voice heard
comment down below which of these criminals was the most heinous if you want to see my
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