Two factions of the Ku Klux Klan said they want to hold a joint rally in the Texas town where a black man was dragged to his death behind a pickup truck earlier this month. Both groups said they wanted to use the rally to disavow any involvement in the killing of James Byrd Jr. A local sheriff said he expected some 15 Klan members, dressed in white hoods, to attend the rally.
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