Never lose faith in hope and healing. I know because my wife helped me leave a life of violent extremism
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My KKK lifestyle terrified my wife. Fearing for our kids and family, she turned to Google one day with a desperate plea: "How do I get my husband out of a hate group?"
Chris Buckley is an interventionist at Parents for Peace, a non-governmental public health nonprofit that empowers people to prevent radicalization, violence and extremism.
I joined the KKK in 2015, largely because their racist views resonated with my own – a distorted worldview shaped by the bigotry and trauma I’d experienced growing up in an abusive home. For a year, I was an Imperial Nighthawk, providing security at events and rallies and disciplining members. Addiction was commonplace, and many of us used and sold meth.
My lifestyle terrified my wife of five years. Fearing for the future of our kids and family, she turned to Google one day with a desperate plea: "How do I get my husband out of a hate group?"