DAVID DUKE, former Grand Wizard of Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, is 59 now and still at it. Just because you age doesn't make you a better human being. The notorious white supremacist, who once held a seat for Louisiana in the House of Representatives and made a bid for the U.S. Presidency, is in the Czech Republic today. Not for long however. He's been ordered to leave the country, reports the BBC.
DUKE ARRESTED, THEN KICKED OUT
Apparently invited by a local Czech far-right (neo-Nazi) group, Duke had plans to give several lectures and promote his 1998 book My Awakening. Instead he was arrested last night (Friday) and questioned by police. He was suspected of "denying the Holocaust," an offense under Czech law. One day later he's out of jail but ordered to get out of the country. Prague's Charles University said it banned a lecture by Duke, originally invited to lecture to students taking a course on extremism.
The Czech interim prime minister-designate, Jan Fischer, appeared on Czech television to say the opinions expressed in Duke's book were "simply unacceptable, incomprehensible."
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