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13. SPLC: Meet the League: State Chairmen and Organizers of the League of the South
Sat Aug 12, 2017, 09:33 PM
Aug 2017

August 09, 2017

The following is a rundown of several League of the South state chairmen and leaders across the Southeast who are expected to play a role in the upcoming Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally organized by local blogger Jason Kessler this coming Saturday, August 12.

Isaac “Ike” Shelby Baker

Identified by Michael Hill as the “Commander of the Kentucky Southern Defense Force (SDF),” a Facebook profile apparently belonging to Isaac Baker, 57, describes him as a United States Marine Corps veteran and past employee of CSX Transportation from Harlan, Kentucky.

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As the right has been organizing around “Charlottesville 2.0” in earnest, Michael Hill posted in the League’s Facebook group that he wants “no fewer than 150 League warriors, dressed and ready for action, in Charlottesville, Virginia, on 12 August.”

Baker responded by issuing directives on the League’s uniform dress code and has since actively encouraged membership to attend the event, and advised them on tactics and equipment in expectation of conflict.

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https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/08/09/meet-league-state-chairmen-and-organizers-league-south

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