Posted: Fri Jul 6 2001
KKK Rally In Mobile Goes Bad

In spite of having been protested by nearly every community group in the city, the KKK won its court battle and held its annual rally earlier this month in downtown Mobile.

Police had been prepared for the worst: protests, riots, violence and even arson, but they were relieved when the event was cut short after a tractor-trailer overturned nearby.

The morning began quietly with a handful of speeches by Klan leaders, and the annual "Who's got the whitest sheets" contest, but things began to heat up as the protestors arrived and began to taunt and pick fights with Klan members.

Police were having a hard time keeping the peace and were about to try tear gas to break up the crowds when a large truck suddenly overturned, spilling its cargo all over the neighboring streets.

"Suddenly all the fighting stopped," recounts a protestor, "All the KKK guys started running everywhere screaming about the accident, talking about how wonderful it was. That's when they started doing the really horrible things."

The truck is owned by a local CO-OP and was on it's way to a slaughterhouse when it flipped. The driver spoke of the aftermath of the incident, "We had to destroy all of them: after the Klan gets ahold of a pig, who'd want it?"

Police chief Alan Graffy happily told reporters , "We've now got a new weapon in our arsenal against the Klan. They see those round, pink flanks and they just can't help themselves."