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jpak

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Thu Jul 30, 2015, 11:17 AM Jul 2015

Confederate flags placed at MLK center, church in Atlanta; police, feds investigate [View all]

Source: Fox News

ATLANTA – Federal authorities and police are investigating after Confederate battle flags were found around the Ebenezer Baptist Church and the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta.

The Rev. Shannon Jones of Ebenezer Baptist tells The Associated Press that police and federal officials were working to remove the flags Thursday morning.

Jones says several flags were discovered on the grounds early in the morning. He described them as being placed "all around" the area and appearing to be plastic flags with wooden sticks.

Jones says Atlanta police Chief George Turner was at the scene.

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Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/07/30/confederate-flags-placed-at-mlk-center-church-in-atlanta-police-feds/

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Pro flag people are doing a GREAT job showing the confederate flag is not about racisim huh? hollowdweller Jul 2015 #1
Yeah shenmue Jul 2015 #2
Yes hibbing Jul 2015 #10
Uh huh...not at all about being racists. SoapBox Jul 2015 #3
The Latest: Video shows 2 white males placing Confederate flags near MLK center, police say jpak Jul 2015 #4
The Racist Flag Of Hate needs to go the way of the Nazi flag. vkkv Jul 2015 #5
+100 SoapBox Jul 2015 #7
Very cheap thrills for very fucked up people. Elmer S. E. Dump Jul 2015 #6
Federal authorities are investigating? Seems a bit over the top. Comrade Grumpy Jul 2015 #8
well maybe, just maybe heaven05 Jul 2015 #9
Plus 100 JustAnotherGen Jul 2015 #14
true heaven05 Jul 2015 #16
They get it JustAnotherGen Jul 2015 #19
true heaven05 Jul 2015 #21
I don't think one fed investigator is over the top seeing that the church is next door to a fed site LanternWaste Jul 2015 #13
and the words "I'm going to kill you" are just vibrations of air molecules JustinL Jul 2015 #18
It is all about HERITAGE, I tell ya! yellowcanine Jul 2015 #11
as a white person, I just gotta roll my eyes at this shit redruddyred Jul 2015 #12
I've never seen as many confederate flags mounted in the beds of pickup trucks as I have since this Purveyor Jul 2015 #15
Lot of sympathizers heaven05 Jul 2015 #17
You see World?, Con. Flag really was used as a symbol of proud racist hate. Sunlei Jul 2015 #20
TV snooze said, the cams recorded 2 men placing flag at Ebenezer Baptist Church. Sunlei Jul 2015 #22
It's time to give these haters a great big giant shamefest, just like Walter Palmer is getting. Dont call me Shirley Jul 2015 #23
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