MUSKEGON, Mich. (WOOD) — Days after news broke that a Muskegon police officer had Ku Klux Klan memorabilia in his home, concerned citizens addressed the matter at Tuesday’s city council meeting.
“If he has these ideas or if he has these philosophies, does he possibly inflict them on other people of color?” wondered Lowell Kirksey, one of the Muskegon citizens who addressed the city council.
The city garnered national press attention after a man looking to buy a new house toured Officer Charles Anderson’s home, which was listed for sale. In the home henoticed Confederate flags on display and an application for KKK membershipin a frame hanging in a bedroom. The man took photos of what he saw, shared them on social media and the story spread quickly.
Intensifying the storyline was the fact that Anderson shot and killed a black man 10 years ago in Muskegon. The shooting wasruled justifiedby then-Muskegon County Prosecutor Tony Tague.
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