Ku Klux Klan (Zirkon-City Bitches)

The Ku Klux Klan (often shortened to KKK or just The Klan) are a militant faction who appear as minor antagonists in Zirkon-City Bitches. The KKK is a white supremacist group that is one of America's most infamous hate groups. It is known for its violent history and extremist philosophy, which has extended back to the 1860s.

Over the years their numbers have fallen to the point where they migrated in search of new members. Encounters within side-missions where one can hunt down, capture or kill various members of the infamous organization.

Despite being based on a dangerous real-life terrorist group, the many encounters with the KKK have elements of dark comedy in them, which portrayed in the comic as extremely dim-witted, incompetent, and rather foolish.

Background
The Ku Klux Klan was founded after the American Civil War by Confederate veterans in Pulaski, Tennessee. Originally it was a social club, and its name was derived from the Greek word kuklos (meaning circle) mixed with the clan (spelled with a K). The group grew in membership and later became a violent white supremacist terrorist organization during the Reconstruction. By the time of the 2000s, much of the Klan had dissolved, with only a few small remnants in existence who recruit members and host ceremonies of burning crosses in secret to evade the authorities.

Trivia

 * For obvious reasons the inclusion of the KKK is one of the comic's more controversial additions, due to the fact that the KKK is both a real-world organization and is still partially active. However, unlike in real life, they are all portrayed as incompetent losers, more likely to die by their own stupidity than from outside interference.
 * It is revealed the KKK have some relation to Pepper, which possibly explains how they are aware of her existence.
 * Cletus, Hank, Deryl, Jimbo, Derek, and Willy are the only known named KKK members.
 * The Grand Wizard of the KKK wears a decorated black and red robe; in real life, KKK members who wear black robes are actually known as Knighthawkes, a sort of low-ranking security position. Real-life Grand Wizards usually wear a more decorated version of the standard white robes to denote their rank.
 * According to signs all over the KKK's base, they refuse to serve Mexican food at meetings.
 * There is a sign near the entrance of their base that reads "How to make the robes less flammable???", a reference to how they constantly set themselves on fire accidentally.