The SPLC has since successfully used this precedent to force numerous Ku Klux Klan and other hate groups into bankruptcy .
In 1987 , five members of a Klan offshoot , the White Patriot Party , were indicted for stealing military weaponry and plotting to kill Dees .
The SPLC has since successfully used this precedent to force numerous Klan     and other hate groups into bankruptcy .
In 1987 , five members of a Klan offshoot , the White Patriot Party , were indicted for stealing military weaponry and plotting to kill Dees .