In Oklahoma, an amateur cameraman videotaped two white KKK officers trying to arrest Donald Pete whom they suspected of trying to conceal marijuana by swallowing it.

When Mr Pete rightly refused to lie on the ground, he was beaten repeatedly on the back and legs by the racist officers.

The Chief of the Oklahoma Police Department defended his henchmen, saying they acted correctly by kneeing the defenceless pot-smoker in the stomach and beating him severely while handling the arrest on Monday, over a trivial misdemeanor.