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NFM flag issue prompts meeting with NAACP attorney (FL)
Posted: Sep 01, 2015 7:41 PM EDT
Updated: Sep 01, 2015 7:46 PM EDT
They see the Confederate flag as a symbol of hatred.
A group of students from North Fort Myers High School is making waves after the school district allowed the flag on campus.
The students spoke with an attorney recommended to them by the NAACP on Tuesday.
"The students have the right to bring this information to the board, to whoever writes the code of conduct, and say this isn't right," said attorney Scot Goldberg, who met with the students in an advisory role, not as a legal representative. "I think it is really great that these students are letting everyone know their position" ...
http://www.abc-7.com/story/29937468/nfm-flag-issue-prompts-meeting-with-naacp-attorney