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Judi Lynn

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Sat Aug 19, 2017, 09:46 PM Aug 2017

THE LATEST: OPPONENTS OF DALLAS STATUES: 'TAKE THEM DOWN'

Source: Associated Press


Aug 19, 9:14 PM EDT



DALLAS (AP) -- The Latest on a conservative rally and counterdemonstration in Boston and around the country (all times local):

8:15 p.m.

A large crowd attending a Dallas rally against white supremacy is chanting "take them down," in reference to the city's Confederate statues.

Speakers including the Rev. Michael W. Waters are addressing the group at City Hall Plaza, a short distance from the city's Confederate War Memorial.

Waters shouted: "Now is the time to do what is right in the city of Dallas. Now is the time to bring these monuments down."

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THE LATEST: OPPONENTS OF DALLAS STATUES: 'TAKE THEM DOWN' (Original Post) Judi Lynn Aug 2017 OP
Throw that shit in the trash. dalton99a Aug 2017 #1
No. Museum, Texas History. nt Honeycombe8 Aug 2017 #2
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