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After he was a ‘BlacKkKlansman,’ police officer says he worked for ‘a--holes’ in Utah

Salt Lake Tribune | August 9, 2018

Related Topics: Ku Klux Klan, Spike Lee, Police, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Film director, Mike Leavitt, Official, Black, Utah

The phone interview was supposed to be about the new movie director Spike Lee has made about Stallworth, “BlacKkKlansman.” It’s based on the true story of Stallworth, who is black, infiltrating — by telephone — a Ku Klux Klan chapter in Colorado, where Stallworth worked in 1979.

(David Lee | courtesy Focus Features) Actor John David Washington plays Ron Stallworth, a real-life cop who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan, in director Spike Lee's new movie
(David Lee | courtesy Focus Features) Actor John David Washington plays Ron Stallworth, a real-life cop who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan, in director Spike Lee's new movie "BlacKkKlansman."

But Stallworth said that episode in his life had nothing to do with his work in Utah.

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