I am working on a story.
In 1922 a small group of Klansmen attack a mafia distillery in Kansas City. In truth the group did it for the money after local mobsters and community leaders refused to play ball. The public image however was taken up by a number of churches and more which endorsed "fighting demon rum!"
DC Stephenson starts to play up this idea and has a few vigilante groups go bust up a speakeasy or two. The mob clearly does not approve of this and strike back. It is KKK held communities and machine political cops against the mafia.
The big issue is that in 1923 that incident with Madge occurs. Only this time DC cries "mafia frame up." Which many people seem eager to buy. So now the KKK is a small regional Midwestern political force which banks on "we stand up to the mafia!"
So fast forward and when FDR wants to end prohibition there remains this large scale resistance to it.
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So explain me things of importance until the 1960s.
In 1922 a small group of Klansmen attack a mafia distillery in Kansas City. In truth the group did it for the money after local mobsters and community leaders refused to play ball. The public image however was taken up by a number of churches and more which endorsed "fighting demon rum!"
DC Stephenson starts to play up this idea and has a few vigilante groups go bust up a speakeasy or two. The mob clearly does not approve of this and strike back. It is KKK held communities and machine political cops against the mafia.
The big issue is that in 1923 that incident with Madge occurs. Only this time DC cries "mafia frame up." Which many people seem eager to buy. So now the KKK is a small regional Midwestern political force which banks on "we stand up to the mafia!"
So fast forward and when FDR wants to end prohibition there remains this large scale resistance to it.
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So explain me things of importance until the 1960s.