Robert Henderson was a State Trooper in Nebraska but was fired because he was a member of a Ku Klux Klan affiliate. His attorneys argued before the State Supreme Court that it was no body's business that their client joined the Knights Party, an active chapter of the Klu Klux Klan, because it never affected the way he treated people of different races.
Henderson's lawyers also contend that the state violated his right to freedom of speech. They also stated that their client has never deprived anyone of any right,privilege,liberty,property or employment because of race.
Now that the case has been laid out it is obvious that a man who belongs to the Klan is racist because the Klan is a racist organization. And by Henderson's own admission he joined the Klan after his wife left him for an Hispanic man in 2004.
The problem of a police officer belonging to the Klu Klux Klan is clear. Many people he would come in contact with would be minorities who would question if he's stopping them because the law was broken or because of their race.
In my opinion he can't perform his duties effectively and I would not want him stopping me, my family or someone I know who is not the right race.
This case begs the question is it OK to be a racist and a police officer who has police powers over minorities?
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