After the white extremist group  saw their requests to adopt-a-mile close to the North Carolina border rejected by the Georgia Department of Transportation, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) came to the aid of the Klan by challenging the rejection.

Maya Dillard Smith, Executive Director of Georgia’s ACLU branch, released the following statement:

Accessing the Georgia courts to defend ones constitutional rights is fundamental to protect those very rights. But the state of Georgia believes Georgians only have the right to exercise defense of their most fundamental rights, only if the state says so. It’s that kind of unchecked power that erodes individual liberty guaranteed to each Georgian by the U.S. and Georgia state Constitution.

Although the Klan technically does have the right to “adopt-a-mile”, perhaps the most interesting issue about this story is the ACLU’s willingness to assist the hate group in having their requests granted by the state. The mile that the KKK looks to adopt is located on Route 515 near the border of North Carolina.

If this appeal is granted to the Klan, this would send a vivid and threatening statement to Melanoid people who are living, working, and/or traveling around or through this stretch of highway.

Here is a video showing the Klan’s appeal to adopt a mile in North Georgia, which has being in the works for the past three years.

Here is a link to the story.

B. Clark