Who is Behind the KKK Card found in New Hampshire?
Context and Background
311: 311 is a numeric hate symbol that is often used by the KKK. As explained by the ADL, “The eleventh letter of the alphabet is the letter “K”; thus 3 times 11 equals “KKK,” or Ku Klux Klan.”
APK: After doing my research on this article, I have reason to believe that APK stands for American Patriotic Knights, or American Patriotic Klan. There are dozens and dozens of different groups within the Klan, but I’m assuming that this is a group that’s trying to gain momentum.
IGTW: In God We Trust.
OGK/Old Glory Knights (of the KKK): The Old Glory Knights of the KKK is a sect of the Klan that I actually don’t know that much about, but an imperial wizard of the Santa Fe, Tennessee chapter named Daniel Lane Walls pleaded not guilty on four counts of civil rights intimidation. Him, and a 17-year-old-boy had allegedly glued their recruitment fliers on three different marquees on Black Churches. I discuss this group in this article, but I’ll be working on a separate one as well doing a deeper dive on the group.
VK: VK, or its original name VKontakte (which translates to InContact), is a Russian social media platform that was created in 2006. This website isn’t some white supremacist website like Gab or Stormfront, but I have found several different white supremacists who use the platform as an “alternative” when they get banned off of U.S based social media platforms, but I’ve also seen many of their accounts get banned so it’s good to know that their moderation isn’t too lax.