Members of the Ku Klux Klan in North and South Carolina must pay US$37.8 million for creating a climate of hate that led to the torching of a predominately black church, a jury of nine blacks and three whites decided Friday. The $300,000 in actual damages and $37.5 million in punitive damages is higher than the $200,000 and $25 million sought by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which has won other court judgments that have bankrupted Klan factions.
Klan Loses Big
Members of the Ku Klux Klan in North and South Carolina must pay US$37.8 million for creating a climate of hate that led to the torching of a predominately black church, a jury of nine blacks and three whites decided Friday. The $300,000 in actual damages and $37.5 million in punitive damages is higher than the $200,000 and $25 million sought by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which has won other court judgments that have bankrupted Klan factions.
