Editor Steps Down from Linden Newspaper that Recently Urged a KKK Revival

An African-American woman who took over the Linden Democrat-Reporter newspaper that recently called for the Ku Klux Klan to “ride again” has stepped down.

The New York Times reports that Elecia R. Dexter said she stepped down because of continuing interference from the newspaper’s owner who had published the KKK editorial. Dexter says she wanted to maintain her “integrity and well-being.”

Dexter last month took over from Goodloe Sutton as editor and publisher. Dexter took over after a firestorm erupted when Sutton published an editorial saying Washington politicians are plotting to raise taxes, so therefore the Klan should raid their communities.

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