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Ending the march, Henderson flipped the camera back to his face and thanked his Facebook audience. He suggested the town have a broader conversation about the statue, whether at church gatherings or in town hall meetings. “I’m not shutting up,” he said. “I’m not backing down. I’m not going to quit.”
Larger, more progressive cities like Dallas and Denton had already decided to scrap some of their Confederate statues. But in Kaufman and similarly conservative small towns across North Texas, that goal was part of a much steeper uphill battle. In recent years, the far right has turned Confederate monuments into a rallying cry: after Dylann Roof murdered nine Black worshipers in a church in June 2015; when white nationalists and neo-Nazis held a deadly rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August 2017; and as anti-statue protesters demonstrated last summer following Floyd’s killing.
we can t pat ourselves on the back and say we will pass enhanced penalties for background check when is they don t cause the terrible problems that cause these tragedies. a similar measure could be unveiled this week in the house, where it would face significant opposition from republicans. thank you so much for us in washington. eric: jamie, we are following the continuing investigation into the shocking murders two of prosecutors in texas. eric williams williams is charged with making a terroristic threat in connection to that case. the district attorney and his wife were both shot to death inside their home, two mons after his assistant was gunned down outside of the kaufman county courthouse. we go live to los angeles with the latest. dominic, what is this about?
goldilocks and listened to a radio on the manhunt for him. when police would get close, he would vanish into the woods. that wasn t until, of course, they got him. right now, new developments this the search for suspects in the murders of three people, including two prosecutors. texas police have arrested robert miller who accused of threatening a district attorney in the same county where two other people were killed. d.a. mike mcclelland pictured here and his wife sin hi a, both found shot at their home a week ago, and their killings came two months after assistant d.a. mark cassie was gunned down near the kaufman county courthouse. dominic live from our los angeles bureau with more on this. don? harris, that man the authorities have arrested is robert miller from texas, and is now charged with making a terrorist threat. he s being held on a $1 million bond for allegedly posting that threat against assistant kaufman, county district attorney for an unnamed district
there appears to be significant news regarding the murder of kaufman county texas district attorney mike mclelland and his wife. since the killings were discovered saturday, speculation about who committed that crime is centered on a possible connection to the aryan brotherhood of texas, a white sue premise gang who has been prosecuted by kaufman county d.a. the assistant d.a., the same county, was shot and killed in a parking lot outside the kaufman county courthouse. killed at a time when sources say he was heavily involved in investigating the aryan brotherhood of texas. mike mclelland who was his boss, the man responsible for finding hasse s killers, mclelland talked to the associated press after the killing about the possibility that the aryan brotherhood may be responsible for that murder. so speculation about this
there appears to be significant news regarding the murder of kaufman county texas district attorney mike mclelland and his wife. since the killings were discovered saturday, speculation about who committed that crime is centered on a possible connection to the aryan brotherhood of texas, a white sue premise gang who has been prosecuted by kaufman county d.a. the assistant d.a., the same county, was shot and killed in a parking lot outside the kaufman county courthouse. killed at a time when sources say he was heavily involved in investigating the aryan brotherhood of texas. mike mclelland who was his boss, the man responsible for finding hasse s killers, mclelland talked to the associated press