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TexasTowelie

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Mon Dec 12, 2016, 01:59 AM Dec 2016

Pro-Trump, pro-white banner found hanging outside Libertyville building

Some Libertyville residents awoke Sunday morning to what appeared to be a message of racism and intolerance.

Neighbors Alison Montgomery and Terry Gross each saw the large yellow banner across a parking lot from her home. It read: “Hail Trump - Unscrupulous America - Make America White Again.”

Montgomery called the Libertyville Police Department to the business property in the 100 block of Broadway about 8:30 a.m., she said.

“It was something where we don’t legally have the authority,” Sgt. Ed Sindles said. "It’s on private property. So we don’t have the authority to have it removed, but we did contact the business owner to have it removed."

Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-pro-trump-pro-white-banner-found-hanging-outside-libertyville-building-20161211-story.html

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