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struggle4progress

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Wed Sep 16, 2015, 12:43 AM Sep 2015

Confederate flag discussion held in Marion County (FL)

Commissioners took the flag down but voted to put it back up
UPDATED 7:51 PM EDT Sep 15, 2015
Gail Paschall-Brown

MARION COUNTY, Fla. —Flying the Confederate flag outside the Marion County government complex took center stage during public comments Tuesday.

That Confederate flag out there has flow in peacefully for a long time. Don't wave a red flag in the face of the young bulls of our county,” supporter Bobby Dentsey said.

“It is a reminder of the pain, hate (and) violence that had been wit that flag. I can't see anything different. Seeing it makes me sad and angry,” opponent Emily Folk said.

Officials initially removed the flag after the deadly shooting in Charleston, South Carolina ...


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