The Ku Klux Klan showed up unannounced in Roxboro, North Carolina, for a parade of vehicles through town on late Saturday, Dec. 3, to celebrate President-elect Donald Trump’s election victory.
The parade was originally supposed to take place in Pelham, 40 minutes away from Roxboro, but organizers relocated the event after protesters gathered in Pelham Saturday morning to confront the Klansmen, according to the Charlotte News Observer.
The unannounced event in Roxboro came after a stabbing and two arrests at a KKK meeting less than a day before the planned event in Pelham. Approximately 30 cars and trucks came through Roxboro with people shouting “White power!” and waving American, Confederate and Ku Klux Klan flags.
Amanda Barker, who is identified on the KKK’s website as an “imperial kommander” and is married to Chris Barker, who founded the group, told the Times-News that the car parade was a celebration of President-Elect Donald Trump’s victory.
“We actually kind of have the same views,” Barker said to the Times-News. “Actually a lot of white Americans actually felt the same way, especially about the wall, immigration and the terrorism coming here. I think Donald Trump is going to do some really good things and turn this country around.”
The KKK officially endorsed Trump in this year’s presidential campaign.
Police in Roxboro are holding a press conference today to address community concerns about the band of KKK members driving through the small town Saturday celebrating President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in the recent election.
Since the parade, anti-KKK rallies and March for Love events have been taking place in cities throughout North Carolina including Salisbury, Durham, Charlotte and Mebane.
