Rebel flag stirs protests ahead of Virginia city’s parade

[struggle4progress]

Posted: Sunday, December 6, 2015 3:19 pm

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — ... The Sons of Confederate Veterans are scheduled to join about 100 other groups Friday in The Roanoke Times Dickens of a Christmas parade.

... the president of the city chapter of the NAACP called on city officials to banish the flag from the parade route ...

President Brenda Hale said the flag, for many, represents the nation’s history of slavery, lynching and the oppression of African-Americans. She said the civil rights group has no issue with the Sons of Confederate Veterans marching.

But she called on city officials to ban the flag from the parade ...

http://www.bdtonline.com/news/rebel-flag-stirs-protests-ahead-of-virginia-city-s-parade/article_a416b272-9c56-11e5-bcb5-ef2ebb1c1cc8.html

[951-Riverside]

1. We came for their racist flag, now we've coming for their stupid guns

#Victory