I know what it feels like to be young, angry and convinced that violence is the answer. I have been there. Decades ago, I fell in with the most radical wing of the Ku Klux Klan. I believed their tirades, followed their orders and thought I was serving some greater cause. What I really did was throw away the one thing I cherished the most, my freedom.

I once associated with some of the most violent and radical Klansmen to have ever existed – men who would make leaders of Antifa, the Groypers and the Proud Boys look like model citizens. My close associates included Sam Bowers and Byron De La Beckwith, names tied to some of the darkest chapters of America’s history. You don’t become a........

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