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Pensioner repaints black figure on totem pole white after ‘woke’ neighbour’s ‘racism’ claims
https://www.telegraph.co.uk ^ | Lizzie Roberts 29 AUGUST 2021

Posted on 08/30/2021 6:25:03 AM PDT by 11th_VA

Native American enthusiast Brian Connery paints over grinning face on his 10ft statue after villager complained of its ‘racist overtones’

pensioner repainted the face of a black figure on a Native American totem pole he had erected in his garden after a “woke neighbour” complained to police that it was racist.

Brian Connery, who is an enthusiast of Native American culture, installed the 10ft decorative wooden feature earlier this summer in front of his bungalow in Brantham, Suffolk.

However, a villager took exception to a carved wooden figure on the pole which depicted a grinning black man with bright white teeth, wearing a blue suit.

The anonymous local sparked an investigation into a potential hate crime by complaining to police that the figure had “racist overtones”.

Mr Connery has now painted the face white to avoid causing any further offence after discussions with police, even though he believes he has the support of his neighbours.

Police are understood to have ruled that they did not believe Mr Connery had committed a hate crime after visiting him and examining the totem pole...

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 08/30/2021 6:25:03 AM PDT by 11th_VA
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Good grief


2 posted on 08/30/2021 6:26:33 AM PDT by albie
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Mr Connery has now painted the face white to avoid causing any further offence after discussions with police [...]

Time for his WHITE neighbors to notify the police that now they "feel offended!"

Regards,

3 posted on 08/30/2021 6:30:01 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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It was probably white liberal neighbors that had reported him.


4 posted on 08/30/2021 6:31:23 AM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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Is it wrong to hope his neighbors get robbed by black people?...


5 posted on 08/30/2021 6:31:59 AM PDT by EEGator
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We have a somewhat similar situation in our neighborhood.

After the election, we had one house that kept of their Trump/Pence yard sign until about June of this year.

During that time a Retired Navy Veteran who is black moved in across the street, the two houses face each other.

In the first move, the black family put up a “Black National Flag” that is red, green, and black...then the black family put up a sign about being BLM supporters and erected a big banner in their front yard celebrating “Juneteenth Day”....

In the latest move, the white family has put up a Blue Flag with a single white star in the middle....I immediately recognized what the flag was....The flag is known as a “Bonnie Blue” flag which is a confederate battle flag.....look it up if you want to see what it looks like..

It will be interesting to see where this goes...


6 posted on 08/30/2021 6:32:58 AM PDT by srmanuel (`)
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To: 11th_VA
We have to stop the "one complaint is enough" to cancel something.
I'd rather have, for example, a conference of Native Americans decide whether Redskins, Chiefs, Indians or Braves are offensive names or not.

7 posted on 08/30/2021 6:34:34 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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So now the police can arrest you for a “hate crime” for an object that someone calls racist. In other words, anything a White says or does, or doesn’t say or doesn’t do, can now be branded racist.


8 posted on 08/30/2021 6:35:11 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Trump: Make America Great Again. biden: Make Taliban Great Again. (Click on my user name))
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Better to have a silent battle of the flags than a street brawl, I guess, but this could be taken to ridiculous lengths. Will it end only when both yards are completely covered in flags?


9 posted on 08/30/2021 6:35:53 AM PDT by FormerFRLurker
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If they put up a Black National Flag then the other neighbor should put up a confederate flag. Fair is fair.


10 posted on 08/30/2021 6:36:32 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Fauci is a murderer)
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This is what offends him. You know what offends me? A bunch of scumbags stealing an election to install a criminal with dementia as POTUS which directly results in the death of 13 hero US military veterans.


11 posted on 08/30/2021 6:37:19 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
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Police are understood to have ruled that they did not believe Mr Connery had committed a hate crime after visiting him and examining the totem pole...

Well that was mighty white of them...

Seriously, it is up to the police? What did LeBron say about a policeman waking up one day and thinking?

12 posted on 08/30/2021 6:37:27 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! ("You, the American people, are my only special interest." --President Donald J. Trump)
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If they put up a Black National Flag then the other neighbor should put up a confederate flag.

He did. But fewer people recognize the Bonnie Blue Flag, so the backlash is less.

13 posted on 08/30/2021 6:38:13 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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Yeah, I’m sure that repainted it all of his own volition.

Uh-huh.

/s


14 posted on 08/30/2021 6:39:20 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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Police are understood to have ruled that they did not believe Mr Connery had committed a hate crime after visiting him and examining the totem pole...

Glad the police don't have any real crime to worry about.

15 posted on 08/30/2021 6:40:48 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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To: FormerFRLurker

Some of the flags have been swapped in/out..

Right now the Black Family has the Black National Flag and a small BLM flag by their mailbox.

The White family as a big American Flag and a similar sized Bonnie Blue Confederate Flag...

Needless to say they aren’t inviting each other over for a beer and a football game.


16 posted on 08/30/2021 6:42:31 AM PDT by srmanuel (`)
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It will be interesting to see where this goes...

The white guy will probably get screwed.

17 posted on 08/30/2021 6:46:52 AM PDT by Mark17 (USAF, Retired. Father of USAF officer and trained pilot, who loves flying US Air Force aircraft. )
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The world has gone mad. Idiocy rules the day


18 posted on 08/30/2021 6:51:17 AM PDT by realcleanguy (quickly things are falling apart, now that the )
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Coward


19 posted on 08/30/2021 7:02:14 AM PDT by bigbob
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20 posted on 08/30/2021 7:04:03 AM PDT by knarf (qa)
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