Mississippi Considers Commerotative KKK License Plate

Transcript by www.newsy.com You're watching multisource US video news analysis from Newsy. One group in Mississippi is causing serious southern struggle over license plates designs. "The Mississippi division of Sons of Confederate Veterans wants to issue a series of plates to mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. The Huffington Post reports that one of those plates would be dedicated to confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest." (WLS) So what's the big idea you ask? According to The Stir... "...the battles Forrest fought still scar the country today... The guy was fighting to preserve slavery." Oh, but that's not all. He was also... "Grand Wizard in the Ku Klux Klan" (RT) "An early leader of the Ku Klux Klan" (WLS) "...grand master for the KKK?" "Grand Wizard, yeah" (KCBS) Examiner has the response of the president of the Mississippi NAACP who calls Forrest the leader of a "terrorist group." "He should be viewed in the same light that we view Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden... The state ... should deny any vanity tags which would highlight racial hatred in this state." But The Wall Street Journal reports fans of Forrest just don't see him that way. "To his supporters, the general is recognized as an expert cavalryman and hero whose war-fighting techniques were ahead of his time." One supporter told the Journal, "Forrest cut ties with the Klan and deserves to be redeemed." Still, many are saying the general's change of heart was too little too late Those ...