Location: Florida, United States

Surname/tag: Warren, Moore, Womack,
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Hate in Florida, USA
Racial and ethical hate has been around since the beginning of time but organized crime has been recognized here since the end of the War Between the States.
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1940s-1950s
Klan members in the early 1950s included a county commissioner (John Talton), the clerk of the court (Charles Limpus), a justice of the peace (Pete Tucker, Winter Garden), Apopka's police chief(s) (William Dunnaway, Fred Reisner), Winter Park's city manager (Earl Y. Harpole), and then-Sheriff Dave Starr, according to sworn statements given to the FBI. Others included Mose Bryant former Ocoee councilman and marshal, constable Harvey Reisner, and deputy sheriff P. C. Coleman. Obviously getting justice was difficult. Even then Governor Fuller Warren was a member.[1][2]
Grand Jury Hearings
The National Association of Colored People (NAACP) became involved. A grand jury convened in October of 1952 and June of 1953. Six Orange County Klan members including Harry Reisner were indicted for perjury in another case during the hearings but but the charges were thrown out when a judge ruled the FBI lacked jurisdiction to investigate what amounted to state crimes.[3]
It took the killing of the Civil Rights leaders, the Moores, by the Apopka and Winter Garden KKK Klavens to spur the FBI to investigate and unhood 300 KKK members.
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