DAYTON, OH — A Ku Klux Klan-affiliated group will hold a rally in Dayton on May 25.

The Dayton Daily News reported that Montgomery County approved a rally permit for the Honorable Sacred Knights of Indiana. The permit allows for 10 to 20 people to gather on Courthouse Square in downtown Dayton. Initially, the group reportedly filed for its rally permit under a variety of fake names. The ruse was discovered and the group then applied for a permit under its actual name and the application was approved.

"We are legally obligated to provide access to public spaces where individuals can exercise their freedom of speech and right to assemble," Montgomery County Administrator Michael Colbert told the Dayton Daily News. "More importantly, we will continue to work with our local law enforcement and community organizations to ensure public safety before, during and after the planned event."

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Read more about the Dayton rally on the Dayton Daily News website. The Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors hate group activity across the nation, released an updated and interactive map with details on which hate groups operate in which areas. In Ohio, there were 36 hate groups.

The map allows users to filter by ideologies tracked by the organization. Some of the categories include anti-immigrant, anti-LGBT, anti-muslim, holocaust denial, Ku Klux Klan, male supremacy, Neo-Nazi, racist skinhead and white nationalist.

