Ron Stallworth - Black Klansman

Black Klansman

The true story of how an African-American Police Officer

gained membership into David Dukes Knights of the Ku Klux Klan

Copyright 20 14, Peter Bollinger and Stephen Winston

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Authors Note

If one Black man, aided by a bevy of good, decent, dedicated, open and liberal-minded Whites and Jews can succeed in prevailing over a group of White racists by making them look like the ignorant fools they truly were, then imagine what a nation of like-minded individuals could accomplish -- this despite their claim in some cases to being highly educated, having more intelligence, and being far superior in every way to Blacks and Jews. This investigation convinced me that sooner rather than later we WOULD, in fact, OVERCOME those that would try and define minorities by their own personal failings of racial/ethnic bias, bigotry, religious preference, and the false belief that people of color and others who did not fit their definition of pure Aryan white were not deserving of respect, much less of being classified as people.

Copyright 2014

Sergeant Ron Stallworth (Retired)

About the Author

Sergeant Ron Stallworth (Ret.) is a 32-year law enforcement veteran who began his career in 1972 at the age of 19 with the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD). In 1975 he became the first Black detective in the history of the CSPD as well as the youngest at the age of 22. He worked undercover narcotics, vice, criminal intelligence and organized crime. During this time, he initiated the investigations which are the subject of this book. He later served a one-year assignment as an investigator with the Colorado Attorney Generals Organized Crime Strike Force. He left the CSPD in 1980.

From 1980-82, Sergeant Stallworth worked narcotics and organized crime intelligence in Phoenix, Arizona for the Arizona Drug Control District (later known as the Arizona Criminal Intelligence Systems Agency). From 1982-86, Stallworth worked undercover narcotics as a Special Agent for the Wyoming Attorney Generals Division of Criminal Investigation.

In 1986, Sergeant Stallworth was hired as a Special Agent by the Utah Department of Public Safetys Narcotics & Liquor Law Enforcement Bureau, later known as the Utah Division of Investigation. In 1989, he researched and authored the report that led to the creation of the Gang Narcotics Intelligence Unit, a joint effort between the Utah DPS and Salt Lake City Police Department. With the aid of federal grant money, that unit later evolved into the Salt Lake Area Gang Project now known as the Metro Gang Unit, the first multi-jurisdictional gang suppression and diversion unit in the state. From the recommendations contained in Sergeant Stallworths report, several other gang task forces later became operational in the state. The Utah Public Safety Commissioner later named Sergeant Stallworth the states Gang Intelligence Coordinator. He was the first, and to date, only person to hold this position.

While working gangs, Sergeant Stallworth began researching the correlation between gangster rap music and street gang culture. He subsequently wrote four books on the subject (two of which have been published) and has authored numerous articles for magazines and journals. In the 1990s, Sergeant Stallworth testified at three congressional hearings on the subject of gangster rap music, gangs, and youth violence in America. In 1998, the National Gang Crime Research Center honored him with its prestigious Frederick Milton Thrasher Outstanding National Leadership Lifetime Achievement Award. Sergeant Stallworth was a consultant for the 2009 Gangland episode, From Heaven to Hell, about the Polynesian Tongan Crip Gang of Salt Lake City.

Sergeant Stallworth holds a BA in Criminal Justice Administration from Columbia College (Salt Lake Campus). He has been a guest lecturer at the University of Utah, Brigham Young University, Utah State University, Weber State University, San Francisco State University, Westminster College (Salt Lake City), and Columbia College (Salt Lake City and Missouri campuses). Sergeant Stallworth was an Adjunct Criminal Justice Instructor at Salt Lake Community College from 2008-2013. He retired from the Utah Department of Public Safety in 2005 after a 20-year career during which he was a two-time recipient of the departments Distinguished Service Award.

Pikes Peak Library District - An Interview with Ron Stallworth

http://youtu.be/OPMUZqtZX0w

Sgt. Ron Stallworth, Ret. Black Klansman Viral Rap Video

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Note to the Reader

Any dialogue in this narrative is based on a combination of personal recollections and documents in official Colorado Springs Police Department Intelligence Unit reports in the possession of the author.

Acknowledgement

To Mr. Elroy Bode, my sophomore English teacher at Austin High School in El Paso, Texas (1969). An award winning published author, Mr. Bode graciously agreed to take me back to class and edit my manuscript. If the reader notices any errors, it was due to my reworking of sections that did not get a chance for review by his meticulous eye.

My relationship with Mr. Bode has come full circle since I was a 15-year old student in his classroom four plus decades ago. He was my teacher, became my friend, and is now in my eyes my mentor/teacher again. When I talk to Mr. Bode, moments I deeply cherish, I always feel like I am back in school soaking up the wisdom of his years, especially anything pertaining to the art of writing (he was the one, all those many years ago, who instilled in me that I had a creative talent with words). I come away from those cherished moments with a warm glow in my heart and deep thoughts to ponder. My soul is enriched because of the honor and privilege I have had sharing a brief episode of life with him.

Thank you Mr. Bode (and to the Mrs.) for allowing me to share those special moments with you. Thank you for your kindness, your time, and your patience with me. You are, and have always been, my Teacher.

Ronnie Stallworth
Layton, Utah

November 17, 2013

Dedication

To my late wife, Michelle Micki Stallworth, who lived this experience with me during our courtship and subsequent engagement. Her mother was born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama (Alabama has a long history of Klan activity) and Micki spent the first nine years of life there raised by her grandmother. She (and her mother) quite literally, thought I was out of my mind for daring to take on the Ku Klux Klan. While her mother expressed fear Micki might get caught up in the madness of my investigation and find herself being victimized by Klansmen trying to exact revenge against me, Micki simply expressed concern for my safety and welfare. Despite obvious danger, she was naturally curious and found great amusement in the double sting my colleagues and I were pulling off on the Klan and Progressive Labor Party.

Micki left me in 2004 at the age of 49 following a long and courageous fight with cancer, but not before leaving me two sons. She is never far from my thoughts.