Daniel Carver is an American

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and former Grand Dragon of the "Invisible Empire, Knights of the

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" 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. Carver claims to have served in the

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of the

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from 1967 to 1970 and claims to have fought in

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in 1968. Daniel Carver was a frequent guest on ''

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'' and a former member of the show's

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. He was featured for the outrageous statements he would always make to defend his extremely prejudiced views, mostly towards African-Americans.

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