Daniel Carver is an American

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and former

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of the "Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan" based in

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. Carver was suspended from wearing Klan robes and from attending Klan rallies after a 1986 conviction for "terroristic threats". In October 1987 he was sued for violating the civil rights of others in

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, after interfering in the "Brotherhood March" celebrating

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. He and several other members of two Ku Klux Klan groups threw bottles and rocks at the marchers, and encouraged other crowd members to follow suit. Fines of around $940,000 were issued; the Invisible Empire of the Ku Klux Klan were fined $400,000 and he personally was ordered to pay $30,000 in punitive damages to the marchers. Daniel Carver was a frequent guest on ''

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'' and a former member of the show's

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carver, Daniel Living people Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragons People from Gainesville, Georgia Year of birth missing (living people)