Ken Parker was baptized in a predominantly black church in Jacksonville, Florida, his tattoos – a large swastika, one Confederate flag, a Ku Klux Klan insignia and an Iron Cross – immersed in holy water. His story is one of many revealed in a multi-story, nationwide News21 journalism project.
The most recent Federal Bureau of Investigation data for 2016, issued in late 2017, showed 12 Iowa law enforcement agencies reporting 17 hate crimes in Iowa.