Atlanta councilman receives threat after Stone Mountain resolution passes

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(APN) ATLANTA — On July 20, 2015, the City Council of Atlanta approved and adopted 15-R-3870, a resolution by Councilman Michael Julian Bond (Post 1 At-Large), calling for Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal to approve and implement a study group to determine what additions, if any, could be added Georgia’s well-known icon, Stone Mountain.

The carving there depicts three figures of the former Confederate States of America: Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and Jefferson Davis. The Confederate flag is also flown there ...

The vote was nine to two, with Councilmembers Howard Shook (District 7) and Alex Wan (District 6) voting nay ...

Following the vote, Bond received a threatening email that has he has forwarded to the Atlanta Police Department. “The only good (n*****) is a dead (n*****),” the email said ...

http://atlantaprogressivenews.com/2015/07/29/atlanta-councilman-receives-threat-after-stone-mountain-resolution-passes/

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1. WE REJOICE THEY LOST

Needs to be carved in Big letters on the mountain, and on every Confederate monument in the country.

ALL GOOD PEOPLE REJOICE AND CELEBRATE THAT THE SOUTH LOST AND SLAVERY ENDED.

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2. Or mebbe MLK's "Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral question of our time"