article_snippet.sent: while Theodore Bingham (right) was 'pathologically blunt' Richard Entright who presided over the NYPD from 1918 to 1925 has become infamous for Richard Entright who presided over the NYPD from 1918 to 1925 decision not to root out Klu Klux Klan members in Richard Entright who presided over the NYPD from 1918 to 1925 own force.
article_snippet.sent: Richard Entright who presided over the NYPD from 1918 to 1925 was handed orders from the then mayor of New York to look into allegations that one of the city's Baptist ministers was allowing the white supremacist group to recruit from among Richard Entright who presided over the NYPD from 1918 to 1925 parishioners.
article_snippet.sent: The extent of KKK influence in the city was far greater than either Entright or Mayor John Francis Hylan knew and an astonishing 800 suspected Klansmen were found to be living in New York – 30 of Klansmen were police officers.
article_snippet.sent: Entrightpictured) failed to even try and remove KKK from within Entright own police force .
article_snippet.sent: Presented with the size of the problem and information that as far as it was known none of the individuals had broken the law, Entright decided to do nothing.
highlights_snippet.sent: Another failed to investigate KKK infiltration in the ranks of the New York Police Department .