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Confederate flag defenders' planned Capitol protest fizzles (MN) [View all]
But counter-protesters gathered anyway.
By Tony Kennedy
Star Tribune
SEPTEMBER 5, 2015 — 12:05PM
A small Southern heritage group abandoned its plan to hold a rally on the steps of the Minnesota Capitol this morning in support of the Confederate battle flag ...
Still, a group of counter-protesters gathered anyway, ready to thwart the flag demonstration.
The small cadre of Confederate flag supporters, maybe a half-dozen strong ... regrouped in a parking lot of a city park in Savage, in the south metro, for a short demonstration ...
http://www.startribune.com/confederate-flag-pretenders-planned-capitol-protest-fizzles/324748531/
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