The Southern Poverty Law Center is widely known for their work tracking hate crimes and hate groups, particularly those related to Neo-Nazism and the Ku Klux Klan. The SPLC reports that one police department in Alabama has knowingly hired neo-Confederate sympathizers and klansmen, in spite of the fact that this would obviously bias them against
Video: Police Lieutenant Caught Bragging That His Supervisors Support Racist Hate Groups
The Southern Poverty Law Center recently sent a video of this meeting to the city manager, Brian Johnson. Johnson said that even if officers were proven to belong to Neo-Nazi groups or the Ku Klux Klan, this is no reason for them to be fired.