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Related: About this forumRussellville Mayor Richard Harris has scheduled a meeting for 9 a.m. Friday at City Hall
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Mayor Harris schedules community meeting Friday
Thursday, May 16, 2019 8:00 AM
Russellville Mayor Richard Harris has scheduled a meeting for 9 a.m. Friday at City Hall, located at 203 S. Commerce Ave., to discuss how the community addresses issues relating to hate groups.
Ive taken criticism from people because they said I have been silent, but I have been talking to our local police chief, sheriff, the Arkansas Municipal League, he said. Ive been visiting with our local legislators about this issue. I have some ideas on what to do and I want to present it to the community in a non-confrontational way.
We are going to talk about how we as a community need to address these issues to say we are not the community these groups represent, then form a plan of action to move forward. This is what we need to do to demonstrate we are a community united and they dont represent us. We can have a calm rational discussion as to what we do as a community.
A group of White Nationalists carried Nazi flags and shouted racial slurs throughout the May 5 March of Remembrance, an event designed to honor survivors and those who died in the Holocaust, at the Depot Park in downtown Russellville.
Thursday, May 16, 2019 8:00 AM
Russellville Mayor Richard Harris has scheduled a meeting for 9 a.m. Friday at City Hall, located at 203 S. Commerce Ave., to discuss how the community addresses issues relating to hate groups.
Ive taken criticism from people because they said I have been silent, but I have been talking to our local police chief, sheriff, the Arkansas Municipal League, he said. Ive been visiting with our local legislators about this issue. I have some ideas on what to do and I want to present it to the community in a non-confrontational way.
We are going to talk about how we as a community need to address these issues to say we are not the community these groups represent, then form a plan of action to move forward. This is what we need to do to demonstrate we are a community united and they dont represent us. We can have a calm rational discussion as to what we do as a community.
A group of White Nationalists carried Nazi flags and shouted racial slurs throughout the May 5 March of Remembrance, an event designed to honor survivors and those who died in the Holocaust, at the Depot Park in downtown Russellville.
https://couriernews.com/MobileContent/Default/Local-News/Article/Mayor-Harris-schedules-community-meeting-Friday/-3/54/55323
Adding additional links to the nazi protests and mass crimes committed by the groups.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/5newsonline.com/2019/02/13/5000-members-believed-to-be-part-of-arkansas-white-supremacist-group/amp/
https://www.google.com/amp/s/slate.com/news-and-politics/2017/08/white-extremist-murders-killed-at-least-70-in-u-s-since-1995.amp
https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/442538-white-supremacists-interrupt-arkansas-holocaust-remembrance%3famp
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thv11.com/amp/article%3fsection=news&subsection=crime&headline=54-white-supremacists-arrested-for-multiple-violent-crimes-in-russellville&contentId=91-d0d838cd-8388-4bd8-b4b9-9127e69141cf
https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-supremacists-busted-in-meth-and-guns-ring
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/white-supremacist-gang-drug-dealing-new-aryan-empire-arkansas-police-a8776701.html%3famp
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wfmynews2.com/amp/article%3fsection=news&subsection=crime&headline=nine-white-supremacists-among-44-arrested-in-ark-gun-drug-bust-police&contentId=83-482630687
Cancelled and here's probably a reason why...
***This is a link to the hate group's website. Do not click if you do not want to see their hateful shit. I am posting because of their threat to protest the major's office. https://theroperreport.whitenationalists.net/2019/05/17/russellville-mayor-holds-community-wide-meeting-to-address-adl-inspired-hate-speech/
Crisis is here. Arkansans this is here... What are we to do?
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Russellville Mayor Richard Harris has scheduled a meeting for 9 a.m. Friday at City Hall (Original Post)
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(11,343 posts)1. Update: Cancelled.