Uptown Klan

By Kleinheider Posted on February 3, 2009 at 10:37 am

Sheriff Daron Hall writes Metro Council members to tell them he didn’t know what the Council of Conservative Citizens was about when he went to speak to them:

Dear Friends,

Late last week, I received an inquiry about one of the many public speaking engagements I have attended over the last two years regarding the 287(g) immigration enforcement program. It was only at that particular time that I learned of views supported by the group I spoke to in November.

In an ongoing effort to educate the community since the program’s implementation in 2007, I have spoken to more than 100 organizations regarding 287 (g). The request that came from the Middle Tennessee Council of Conservative Citizens was no different. They made a request to my assistant asking me to speak about our program and it was scheduled. I went to Piccadilly cafeteria, explained the program, answered a few questions of this group of 20, and then left. At no time before, during, or after did I have any idea what views this organization supported. Keep in mind, I was speaking about the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office immigration program during this meeting - there was never any discussion of their purpose or mission.

Understand my reputation both professionally and personally as well as the reputation of the DCSO is of the utmost importance and I would never knowingly tarnish that reputation. I have now implemented necessary steps to avoid similar problems in the future. If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know.

I appreciate your support and understanding.

Sincerely,
Daron

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Sheriff Daron Hall Spoke To The Council Of Conservative Citizens

By Kleinheider Posted on January 30, 2009 at 2:49 pm

Dude, seriously. Have you not read a news article in the past ten years?

Maybe in 1999 you could have claimed ignorance, not in 2009.

Davidson County Sheriff Daron Hall was a featured speaker for a nationalist white hate group that condemns blacks, immigration and is in favor of preserving the country’s “cultural and racial integrity.”

Hall spoke about his department’s controversial 287(g) federal immigration program at a Nov. 22 dinner of the Council of Conservative Citizens held at the Piccadilly Cafeteria on Murfreesboro Pike in Nashville.

The Council of Conservative Citizens opposes “mixing of the races,” homosexuality and nonwhite immigration — legal and illegal, according to its statement of principles on its Web site.The St. Louis-based group stems from the the racist, anti-integrationist White Citizens’ Councils of the 1950s and 1960s, according to the Anti-Defamation League.

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