Czech police arrest David Duke

[Stormspirit]

http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-police-arrest-former-ku-klux-klan-leader-duke/373167

Prague - The Czech police arrested David Duke, former leader of the Ku Klux Klan racist movement, in Prague today on suspicion of promotion of movements seeking suppression of human rights, Prague police spokesman told CTK.

Arriving in the Czech Republic at the invitation of local neo-Nazis, Duke was to give lectures in Prague and Brno.

Duke, a U.S. citizen, is suspected of denying or approving of the Nazi genocide and other Nazi crimes. This crime is punishable by up to three years in prison in the Czech Republic.

According to an Internet text signed by Filip Vavra, who is linked to the neo-Nazi National Resistance group, Duke has visited the Czech Republic in order to promote his book My Awakening.

Czech lawyer Klara Kalibova said some passages of the book can be interpreted as an effort at justifying or challenging the Holocaust.

Czech police are reportedly focusing on the book as well.

Duke was to give three lectures in the Czech Republic. The first was to take place at Prague's Charles University, but the university has banned it.

The other two lectures were to be held in the centre of Prague on Saturday and in Brno, capital of Moravia, on Sunday, according to the website presenting Duke's visit.

Some Czech politicians assessed Duke's visit negatively earlier this week. Disapproving stand in this respect has been expressed by Interior Minister Ivan Langer and Human Rights and Minorities Minister Michael Kocab.

[BM OUT]

http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/news/zpravy/czech-police-arrest-former-ku-klux-klan-leader-duke/373167

I find two things really funny about this.One,why is Duke always refered to as a former Klnsman by the lib media but Robert Byrd never is.

Second,when we get to the point that if you question ANYTHING about the halocaust then you realise the power Jews wield worldwide.

[Dan-O]

Duke is "suspected of denying OR approving of the Nazi genocide and other Nazi crimes"?  So either way he's screwed--if he denies them, that's a crime, and if he approves of them, that's a crime too?

I really don't care, I think he's a lowlife scumbag (so is Byrd) but that's still pretty funny.

[Stormspirit]

Duke is "suspected of denying OR approving of the Nazi genocide and other Nazi crimes"?  So either way he's screwed--if he denies them, that's a crime, and if he approves of them, that's a crime too?

I really don't care, I think he's a lowlife scumbag (so is Byrd) but that's still pretty funny.

Why?  I can understand if people disagree with him but he is not a hateful person.  People who consider him a scumbag are usually those who go by what the media tells them about him.  What about him makes you think he is a scumbag?  Whatever the case is, the czech republic cannot call itself a free country.

[BM OUT]

Why?  I can understand if people disagree with him but he is not a hateful person.  People who consider him a scumbag are usually those who go by what the media tells them about him.  What about him makes you think he is a scumbag?  Whatever the case is, the czech republic cannot call itself a free country.

Most of those that call him a scumbag think Rev. Wright is misunderstood.

[Dan-O]

Why?  I can understand if people disagree with him but he is not a hateful person.  People who consider him a scumbag are usually those who go by what the media tells them about him.  What about him makes you think he is a scumbag?  Whatever the case is, the czech republic cannot call itself a free country.

The KKK is a hateful organization--its whole premise is one of hatred and bigotry.  I don't care how they try to dress it up, it is what it is and anyone who's a part of it (or been a part of it) knows it.  Admittedly I don't know much more about Duke than that he was a past Klan leader, so please correct me if I'm wrong.

That being said, the Czech Republic's law seems pretty laughable and draconian.  No doubt Duke has gone there to draw attention to their woeful lack of free speech protection.