When I set off to do this, it was simply to gather information on the Klan, who they are, what they are, where they are, how many they are, and take it from there. Chuck, that's not his real name, I knew Chuck well, he was a good undercover officer, and so I chose him. I immediately formulated a strategy and it was simply to get a white officer, posing as me, to go meet this guy.
The voice on the end of the phone said, "Hi, this is Ken O'Dell, I'm the local chapter president of the Colorado Springs Ku Klux Klan." His response to me was, "You're just the kinda guy we're looking for, when can we meet?" That's when I said, "Oh hell, what do I do now?" About a week, two weeks later, I get a phone call in my office. I basically said, "I hate n******, s****, c*****, J***, J***, and anybody else who isn't pure Aryan White like me."Īnd, I wanted to join something that would allow me to direct my attention towards that. I wrote a note, a letter if you will, to that P.O. I launched it based on seeing a want ad in the classified section of the newspaper, and there was a P.O. When I was the detective at the Colorado Springs Police Department, in 1978, I launched an investigation into the Ku Klux Klan, a chapter that was forming and trying to expand, in my city. Stallworth: I'm Sergeant Ron Stallworth, retired. Graham Flanagan: So you said you have the card in your wallet. WARNING: This video contains graphic language. Lee incorporates imagery from the rally in the film. The movie arrives in theaters on the one-year anniversary of the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, where one woman lost her life during a protest. We spoke to the real Ron Stallworth, played in the movie by actor John David Washington (son of Denzel), and he told us the amazing story of the investigation and its results. He then coordinated with a white detective who assumed his identity when he needed to meet the Klan members in person. By speaking with KKK members over the phone, Stallworth established himself as a viable candidate for membership.
Spike Lee's new movie "BlacKkKlansman" chronicles the true story of an African American police detective named Ron Stallworth, who, in 1978, launched an investigation into the local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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