KKK leader a ‘victim’, says pastor

THE former Ku Klux Klan leader jailed for ordering the killings of three young activists in the United States was the victim of warped Hollywood perceptions of the organisation, it was claimed yesterday.

Pastor Thomas Robb, national director of the Klan, said he believed 80-year-old Edgar Ray Killen was convicted because jurors feared they would be targeted if he had been allowed to walk free from court.