Many of us are trying to make sense of the events that occurred in Charlottesville, VA on Friday and Saturday. It seems like the alt-right, neo-nazi, Ku Klux Klan supporters were upset that a statue of General Robert E. Lee, a Confederate hero, was to be removed from this area. I guess it was one statue too many for these individuals. The Confederates lost the civil war and should not have been able to continually erect statues to maintain slavery as a right and a way of life. Dylan Roof's cold blooded murder nine church members at the Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, SC. At the time of this heinous crime, Mr. Roof wanted to incite a race riot. I am so happy that people who think like him did not take the bait and cause more bloodshed. This event was one of many acts of violence against people of color in this country. African American males were being murdered by police officers and these murders led to the formation of the Black Lives Matter mo
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