Car Crash Reveals Racist Church

Reuters ^ | Mon, Aug 04, 2003

[presidio9]

A car crash in a town near New Orleans revealed that a building thought to be a home improvement business was actually a white supremacist church, police said on Friday.

The vehicle smashed into the brick storefront in Chalmette, Louisiana, after colliding with two other cars and came to rest amid stacks of racist books and pamphlets, including Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf," they said.

A sign proclaimed the building the "Southern Home Improvement Center," said Lt. Mike Sanders of the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Department, but investigators found out it was the New Christian Crusade Church and headquarters of the Christian Defense League.

Both organizations were the projects of building owner James Warner, a founder of the American Nazi Party and associate of former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard and Republican gubernatorial candidate David Duke, according to the Anti-Defamation League, which monitors hate groups.

"Duke recruited him into the Klan back in 1975, but before that Warner had been with the American Nazi party in the 1960s," said Cathy Glaser, the league's regional director in New Orleans.

A New Christian Crusade Church spokeswoman confirmed by telephone that Warner was the church pastor, but told Reuters he was not available for comment.

Duke, a one-time state representative who narrowly lost a 1991 race for Louisiana governor and also ran for U.S. Senate, all as a Republican, went to federal prison in Texas in April to serve a 15-month sentence for bilking his supporters of hundreds of thousands of dollars that he used to gamble.

No criminal charges have been filed in the church case, but Sanders said it had been turned over to federal authorities.

"We have made contact with the FBI (news - web sites) and it is theirs from here on out," he said.

[presidio9]

Can somebody please tell me whether David Duke was actually the Lousiana Republican Party's "Candidate" or if he simply ran in the primary? Thanks.

[dead]

A sign proclaimed the building the "Southern Home Improvement Center,"

That’s kinda funny.

The weirdos at least have a sense of humor.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Duke is a bad penny who will continue to turn up at someone's door for several decades to come.

[Blood of Tyrants]

No criminal charges have been filed in the church case, but Sanders said it had been turned over to federal authorities.

And charged with exactly what? Daring to THINK and BELIEVE differently?

[wysiwyg]

...Republican gubernatorial candidate...
...all as a Republican...

Now, if Duke had been running on the other side, does anyone think that they'd even have mentioned him?

[cryptical]

No criminal charges have been filed in the church case, but Sanders said it had been turned over to federal authorities. "We have made contact with the FBI (news - web sites) and it is theirs from here on out," he said.

I'm hoping they turn over every Nation of Islam mosque they come across for investigation by Federal authorities, as well.

What, you mean it's not about a church espousing racist beliefs, just the "wrong" racist beliefs?

[HiTech RedNeck]

It would be so strange that nobody went "shopping" there except on Sundays.

[Sloth]

No criminal charges have been filed in the church case, but Sanders said it had been turned over to federal authorities.

For what?

[fishtank]

Both Jesse Jackson and David Duke believe in affirmative action.

JJ wants it for blacks and DD wants it for whites.

[Gothmog]

It's funny that they stress Duke's self-styled 'republicanism' twice but neglect to mention his past affiliation with the Dem party.

I do not have any material on hand to document the GOP's disavowal of Duke, but I believe the GOP did not endorse him. He switched parties and ran as a 'republican,' but I do not believe the party ever endorsed/supported him.

[umgud]

Duke ran as a Republican, but wasn't accepted or supported by the Republicans. The RNC investigated ways to excommunicate him from the party. They were loud in their denunciation of Duke.

[TomServo]

Daring to THINK and BELIEVE differently?

Exactly. You will comply...

[presidio9]

Now, if Duke had been running on the other side, does anyone think that they'd even have mentioned him?

That's my point. Unless he actually won the backing of the party, he was not actually "running as a Republican." Unlike Sen. Byrd, who is revered within his own party.

[honeygrl]

If they press charges against them, they need to press charges against the NAACP too. The NAACP is just as much a hate group as the white supremacists.

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[TontoKowalski]

He switched parties and ran as a 'republican,' but I do not believe the party ever endorsed/supported him.

During the infamous Lousiana governor's race between Duke and Edwards (the Crook), GHW Bush specifically endorsed Edwards, and flat-out stated that Duke did not represent the real Republican party.

[Dane]

I believe that are no "official" party candidates in Louisiana elections. For example two demos and two Pubbies could run in the general election.

If the top vote getter gets 50% plus 1, he/she is declared the winner.

If none of the candidates gets a majority, the top two vote getters are put in a run off election.

[TontoKowalski]

And charged with exactly what? Daring to THINK and BELIEVE differently?

These idiots can think and believe whatever they want, as long as it doesn't translate into action.

However, it makes me sick to my stomach that they try to gain legitimacy by proclaiming themselves a "Christian" church.

[norraad]

Sorta' like mudlum= religion of peace?

[TontoKowalski]

Exactly.