City sued for banning Confederate flag at Christmas parade (LA)
Originally published August 5, 2016 at 12:56 pm
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
The Associated Press
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Sons of Confederate Veterans in Louisiana claim a city mayor trampled on their rights by barring them from displaying Confederate battle flags while marching in a Christmas parade last year.
The group’s Louisiana division sued the city of Natchitoches and Mayor Lee Posey on Thursday, asking a federal court to declare the mayor’s policy unconstitutional.
Thomas Taylor, the division’s former commander, says its flag-carrying members marched and rode floats in the parade for nearly two decades without causing any disruptions.
Posey didn’t immediately return a call for comment Friday ...
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