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The New York Times and other outlets, last month a “heavy, ornately carved limestone chair” memorial to Confederate President Jefferson Davis was stolen from Old Live Oak Cemetery in Selma, Alabama. The heist was pulled off by anonymous individuals calling themselves White Lies Matter.
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“The Jefferson Davis Chair is in our possession!” reads a mock-tattered ransom note delivered to AL.com last week. For the chair’s return, “White Lies Matter, Inc.” demanded that a banner featuring a quote attributed to Black Liberation Army activist, Assata Shakur, hang for 24-hours from the United Daughters of the Confederacy’s Richmond, Virginia, headquarters beginning last Friday, April 9. The date marks the anniversary of Jefferson’s surrender to Union leaders at Appomattox. “Failure to surrender to this request by the aforementioned time will result in the chair being carved into a toilet. See enclosed photograph,” the ransom continues. ....

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