A prison guard who acknowledged being a member of white supremacist group the Ku Klux Klan has been fired for belonging to a subversive or terrorist organization, a violation of the county agency’s code of ethics.

Wayne Kerschner, an Alachua County Sheriff’s Office corrections officer, was fired Tuesday following a 10-month internal investigation. The investigation revealed that Kerschner applied online for membership to the United Northern and Southern Knights of the Ku Klux Klan a year ago, paid US$30 a month for access to a members-only Klan Web site and that the group did a thorough background check that included his credit history before allowing him to join. The Klan has “extremely high standards,” Kerschner told investigators, according to an administrative investigation report released Thursday. “They do a complete criminal background check on everybody.”

A spokesman for the sheriff’s office didn’t return a phone call Thursday, and Kerschner’s telephone number was not listed.

Source/Full Story: The China Post