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Ku Klux Klan prosecutions

Vigorous federal prosecutions against the Ku Klux Klan during Ulysses S. Grant's presidency

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Jan 20, 2026
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How many arrests or prosecutions resulted from KKK public events in 2024–2025 and what charges were filed?

A review of the supplied reporting finds no documentation of arrests or prosecutions that explicitly resulted from Ku Klux Klan public events during 2024–2025; contemporary material in the packet inst...

Feb 1, 2026

What federal and state laws are used to prosecute KKK members for hate crimes today?

Federal prosecutors today rely on a mix of modern and older civil‑rights enforcement laws to prosecute members whose conduct is motivated by bias, while state prosecutors use their own hate‑crime stat...