A distressing photo emerged online over the weekend showing a man wearing a KKK hood and robe while walking his dog in rural Wisconsin.
Charles Michael Booth, 50, has been identified as the suspected Klansman in the photo, that was first posted on Facebook by user Rachel Byington, Heavy reports.
A friend took this photo near the Lakota boat landing off of Highway K in Conover,” Byington captioned the image.
Vilas County Sheriff Joe Fath said wearing a KKK robe and hood in public is not a crime, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.
Deputies reportedly contacted Booth about the incident and he explained that he was simply “taking his dog for a walk.”
