Reply #17: If they were marching peacefully....

[DoNotRefill]

maybe "Death to the Klan" wasn't the best slogan to show their nonviolent nature and intent...

Personally, if somebody was marching carrying signs that said "Death to DoNotRefill", I'd take that as a personal threat. I think most people would. I'm pretty sure that if you had people marching around waving signs that said "Death to TahitiNut", you'd take it as a threat. It's certain that the Klan took "Death to the Klan" as a threat. And judging by the verdicts, it seems that the jurors thought it was a threat, too.

If you want to have a nonviolent march, maybe, JUST maybe, you shouldn't go shouting about "Death to whomever".

BTW, I've seen video of the shooting on A&E. It does appear that some of the communists WERE in fact shooting back.