Sunday, May 17, 2009
Councilman removes Confederate flags from cemetery
At the cemetery, no less.
Do you see things that are offensive to you?
Do you rip them down?...
Do you see things that are offensive to you?
Do you rip them down?...
This is from an Associated Press article in the Birmingham News:
"Mary Norman, president of Auburn Heritage Association, said she was at her family's burial plot in Pine Hill Cemetery when Councilman Arthur Dowdell removed the small Confederate flag from her great-grandfather's grave Thursday afternoon.
'He pulled up the flag, snapped it in two and put it in his car,' said Norman, who is white.
Dowdell said Friday he did not break the flag's stick intentionally. Instead, it broke when he pulled it out of the ground. But, he said, 'I should have broken them all. They are offensive to me. They represent racism and the Ku Klux Klan.'"
