U.S. District Judge Gabrielle McDonald ordered an end to Klan paramilitary activities in Texas. In her ruling. she noted "acts of racial intimidation. harassment. and terrorism." and the "military training programs" of the Klan "throughout the country." The private army in question had been conducting a campaign of fear against the peaceful immigrant Vietnamese fishermen of Galveston Bay. As Judge McDonald wrote. these camps "which train people In the use of violence present a new and more serious threat to Individuals civil rights" and "can only serve to sow the seeds of future domestic violence and tragedy." She identified our vital Interest in banning private armies that threaten to "result in lawlessness and destructive chaos." In Alabama. the "Special Forces" of the Klan have marched down the main street of Birmingham in their combat uniforms and they train at a place they call Camp My Lal. Although this notorious camp is named to commemorate the massacre of Vietnamese villagers. the Klan activities there pose a menace to all nonwhite people.
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