Drive around with a Confederate Flag - that's 20 years in jail

Tulsa Veterans Day Parade allows CAIR float, rejects Confederate Veterans Lives Matter
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/nov/9/tulsa-veterans-day-parade-allows-cair-float-reject/

A Tulsa, Oklahoma group called Confederate Veterans Lives Matter said it is filing a complaint against the city after it was denied a chance to participate in Wednesday’s Veterans Day Parade.

Meanwhile, a float for the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) was approved without issue.

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gwb-trading said:
Did you watch the widely distributed video of the event. That is not what happened.

I am not a supporter of this confederate flag crowd but felony terrorism charges are prosecutorial overkill in this particular situation and not called for.

The prosecutor in this case is being compared to the Duke Lacrosse prosecutor - who aggressively prosecuted the students so he could get re-elected in Durham by pandering to the minority voters who are 60% plus of the city.
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gwb-trading said:
Anyone who has followed by previous posts in P&R knows that I oppose the display of the Confederate Flag on public property. The sole exception being historical battlefield sites where the flag can be explained & displayed in context. For example at Fort Sumter - unfortunately the government has removed all the confederate flags (including those in paintings / diagrams describing the event) at Fort Sumter which makes it difficult to explain the historical events.

However I support the right to freedom of expression on private property. If someone wants to display the flag on their home or truck then they should be free to do so.

I personally view the Confederate flag is primarily about a legacy of racism and oppression rather than being about "Southern Heritage". Several posters such as AAA respectfully disagree with me regarding this.

The Duke Lacrosse case happened in the Raleigh-Durham area I live in. All the people locally are saying that the drivers displaying the flag are being Nifonged. Mike Nifong was the prosecutor in the Duke Lacrosse case. He aggressively prosecuted the case using minimal & unreliable evidence - all in an attempt to pander to Durham's large minority community so he would be reelected. This prosecutor in Douglas County according to all the local media and people here is doing the same thing.

The video of this event shows the following: Blacks throwing bottles at the trucks, both groups screaming and yelling at each other (including the N word), no firearms displayed, and one of the blacks threatening to shoot the drivers. The prosecutor has provided no additional evidence supporting the harsh charges despite many demands to do so.

I don't believe that it was in any wise for this group of Confederate flag promoters to drive through town with their flags flying (but they are legally allowed to do so). Nor do I support their point of view. However I will state unequivocally that felony terrorism charges are drastic prosecutorial overkill and uncalled for. I could see misdemeanor disturbing the peace or something equivalent. The harsh charges are simply a sign that the prosecutor is pandering for his political career. I can only hope he lands up like Nifong - disbarred, locked up in jail, and bankrupt.

I authored this thread to get feedback from various perspectives on this subject. I was hoping that posters could be civil to one another. Apparently I hoped for to much.
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GWB on the wrong side of history....again:
https://deadstate.org/judge-gives-c...reatened-black-family-with-confederate-flags/
Judge gives combined 33 years to pair who threatened black family with Confederate flags

Two people who were convicted in a confrontation at a child’s birthday party that took place in 2015 have been sentenced to a combined 33 years in prison.

On the morning of February 27, a judge sentenced Kayle Norton to 15 years in prison, with six to serve and Jose Torres to 20 years in prison, with 13 to serve.

According to reports, Norton and Torres paraded through a neighborhood that is populated by mostly black residents with a group called “Respect the Flag,” which flew Confederate flags from their trucks. The group allegedly noticed a black family having a birthday party, and decided to roll up and cause trouble, reportedly telling the party-goers that they would “kill y’all ni**ers.”
Update, 7/7/21: According to a report from June 2020, Norton was released from prison in 2019 while Torres remains incarcerated. According to 11Alive, Norton became eligible for parole on Feb. 3, 2019, after serving one-third of her total prison sentence. She will be on probation even after the six-year portion of her sentence ends in 2023.
 
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gwb-trading said:
Tulsa Veterans Day Parade allows CAIR float, rejects Confederate Veterans Lives Matter
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/nov/9/tulsa-veterans-day-parade-allows-cair-float-reject/

A Tulsa, Oklahoma group called Confederate Veterans Lives Matter said it is filing a complaint against the city after it was denied a chance to participate in Wednesday’s Veterans Day Parade.

Meanwhile, a float for the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) was approved without issue.

(More at above url)
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Conservatives love that racist terriost organization that attacked America and killed 500,000 US troops
 
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