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In reply to the discussion: Please Help! [View all]KY_EnviroGuy
(14,488 posts)27. Local news about this incident and the rally....
Rally in Delhi draws hundreds 'Honoring Black Lives'
The Daily Star (Oneonta, NY)
By Sarah Eames Staff Writer Jun 8, 2020
Link: https://www.thedailystar.com/news/local_news/rally-in-delhi-draws-hundreds-honoring-black-lives/article_5f3f7b9e-5ad1-582f-b4c4-d6da8e30b302.html
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I have not yet found a video of this incident but here's a photo from the petition and another from the news article:
Petition signed and good luck with this effort, H2O Man......
The Daily Star (Oneonta, NY)
By Sarah Eames Staff Writer Jun 8, 2020
Link: https://www.thedailystar.com/news/local_news/rally-in-delhi-draws-hundreds-honoring-black-lives/article_5f3f7b9e-5ad1-582f-b4c4-d6da8e30b302.html
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Several demonstrators confronted a counter-protestor, a MAGA hat-wearing white man toting a poster claiming Black Lives Matter causes more deaths and challenging protesters to convince me Im wrong. The man, who refused to identify himself, threatened to hit Gilbertsville resident Diana Degarmo in a confrontation de-escalated by other demonstrators. Some woman grabbed his sign and he thought it was me, so he threatened to hit me, she said.
The altercation transpired in front of Xavier Temple, a 9-year-old black Delhi resident who cried in fear. Fellow Delhi resident Will Kleisner immediately knelt beside Xavier, comforting him and assuring him that there were more good people present than bad.
I wanted to share with my friend why were all here and why people like that arent going to be around too much longer, Kleisner said. Kids like him and kids like me are here to stop that kind of ignorance and hatred and make the world a better place for my kids, for his kids, for his generation, for my little brother.
Xaviers mother, Trista, said the incident illustrated the importance of bringing her son and his sister, 7-year-old Phoenix, to such demonstrations.
The altercation transpired in front of Xavier Temple, a 9-year-old black Delhi resident who cried in fear. Fellow Delhi resident Will Kleisner immediately knelt beside Xavier, comforting him and assuring him that there were more good people present than bad.
I wanted to share with my friend why were all here and why people like that arent going to be around too much longer, Kleisner said. Kids like him and kids like me are here to stop that kind of ignorance and hatred and make the world a better place for my kids, for his kids, for his generation, for my little brother.
Xaviers mother, Trista, said the incident illustrated the importance of bringing her son and his sister, 7-year-old Phoenix, to such demonstrations.
I have not yet found a video of this incident but here's a photo from the petition and another from the news article:
Petition signed and good luck with this effort, H2O Man......
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Thank you. I signed. I was there but missed this. For the record though the crowd was WAY OVER 200
Tom Rinaldo
Jun 2020
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