The KKK Wants To Adopt A Stretch of Georgia Road

A Georgia KKK chapter could soon adopt a stretch of highway in northern Georgia near the North Carolina border.

The Georgia Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments Thursday from the white supremacist group after it sued in 2012 over being rejected for the highway adoption.

KKK members cleaned litter from a one-mile section of Route 515. The Georgia Department of Transportation will typically put up a sign recognizing organizations that help clean up, letting them “adopt” that piece of road.

But the KKK’s request was rejected in 2012, with a spokesman for the governor saying “A state road sign with ‘KKK’ on it would betray our values and would rightly offend the vast majority of Georgians.”

The KKK’s case is being brought by the American Civil Liberties Union, who says the group’s free speech rights are being violated.

The case comes during a time of charged emotions over confederate remnants after the killing of nine at a black church in Charleston.