Wednesday, June 17

Wisconsin Man, Better Keep Your Head...

You thought the Florida Man tribe was funny?


SICK STUNT

Warped man, 50, pictured wearing KKK robe and hood he walks his dog and drinks beer while waving at passing cars


A MAN wearing a Ku Klux Klan hood and robe was seen casually walking his dog near a freeway, prompting multiple phone calls to the police.

Officials with the Vilas County Sheriff's Office said passersby spotted Charles Michael Booth "walking his dog, wearing a Ku Klux Klan shirt, drinking a beer, and waving at traffic" in Wisconsin last Friday.
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Sheriff Joseph Fath told WAOW that some passersby claimed they saw Booth strolling down the middle of the road.

In a statement posted to their Facebook page on Tuesday, sheriff's deputies said Booth won't face any charges for his hateful attire because he wasn't "creating a traffic hazard".

"Rumors have been circulating that he was jumping in traffic and throwing items at cars," deputies said.  "Neither of these circumstances were reported to Law Enforcement."

Fath told the Journal Sentinel on Monday that Booth told cops he was "just taking his dog for a walk", adding that he wasn't breaking any laws with his KKK uniform.

"It's a country road, it's not in anybody's particular neighborhood. It should not have bothered anybody," Fath told WFJW.

"I realize that that may be offensive to some people, but it's not a crime."

But the president of the Dane County NAACP chapter insists that Booth's "terrorist act" was intended to intimidate others.

"[Booth] intended to project what I believe to be white supremacist behaviors by wearing this garb," Gregory Jones told the Journal Sentinel.

"It is intended to create fear among people - even people who are not of color. [Vilas County residents] should be mindful and be willing to stand up and stay this is not acceptable in our country at all."