‘LUDICROUS’: Rabbi Slams Latest Attempt to Defend SPLC Paying Klan Members
A federal grand jury has indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) on charges of wire fraud, bank fraud, and conspiracy for allegedly funding Ku Klux Klan and Aryan Nations members. The SPLC claims the payments were part of an informant program to prevent violence, similar to practices historically used by some Jewish organizations. However, Rabbi Yaakov Menken and others have rejected this defense, calling the comparison 'ludicrous' and accusing the SPLC of supporting hate groups to fuel fundraising.
- ▪A federal grand jury indicted the SPLC on wire fraud, bank fraud, and conspiracy charges for sending money to KKK and Aryan Nations members.
- ▪The SPLC admitted to funding white supremacist members but claimed it was part of an informant program to prevent violent attacks.
- ▪Rabbi Yaakov Menken of the Coalition for Jewish Values called the comparison between Jewish informant practices and SPLC actions 'ludicrous' and morally reprehensible.
- ▪Historian Steven J. Ross acknowledged that Jewish groups like the ADL have used paid informants but stated they never funded extremists in the way the SPLC is accused of doing.
- ▪The Justice Department alleges the SPLC paid activists it simultaneously profiled as extremists, a practice Ross said could enhance their status within hate groups.
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