NAACP posts split image comparing ICE agents to KKK members: 'Different mask, same agenda'
The NAACP took to social media Thursday to share a contentious split image of a masked ICE agent and a hooded Ku Klux Klan (KKK) member, comparing the government agency...
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The NAACP took to social media Thursday to share a contentious split image of a masked ICE agent and a hooded Ku Klux Klan (KKK) member, comparing the government agency to a White supremacist terrorist group. Along with the shocking photo, the NAACP posted, "Different mask, same agenda." "Fear. Terror. Division. Unlawful arrests. No due process. Now Murder. Quit hiding. Your agenda is being exposed," the post read. "The PEOPLE have a clear response: No Fear. No Failure. No Division." Nearly 70,000 people reacted to the photo on Facebook , which garnered nearly 10,000 comments and 30,000 shares. The KKK was founded in 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee, following the South's defeat in the Civil War, and targeted Black freedmen and their allies. CROCKETT WARNS OF NATIONWIDE PROTESTS OVER ICE SHOOTING: 'STATE-SANCTIONED EXECUTION' Members used threats and violence in an attempt to restore White supremacy, spreading terror across the South with little risk of prosecution, according to the National Park Service (NPS) website. Congress took action to prosecute Klansmen in the 1870s, but there was a resurgence in 1915, near Atlanta, Georgia , with a new focus on anti-immigration, anti-Catholicism, prohibition and antisemitism. Researchers estimate that there are as many as 150 Klan chapters currently active in the U.S., with between 5,000 and 8,000 members nationwide, according to the NPS. PHILADELPHIA SHERIFF RIPS ICE AS 'FAKE, WANNABE LAW ENFORCEMENT,' THREATENING ARRESTS: 'DON'T WANT THIS SMOKE' The NAACP's post came amid protests related to the death of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good, a mother of three, who was shot and killed by an ICE agent Wednesday after allegedly attempting to drive into the officer during an immigration operation . Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials described the shooting as an act of "self-defense," noting Good was a member of the immigration activist group, "ICE Watch," which aims to monitor, track, interfere and oppose ongoing federal imm…