Auburn councilman removes Confederate flags from cemetery

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/04/auburn_councilman_removes_conf.html ^

[OldSmaj]

Councilman Dowdell is black.

As far as I'm concerned, this is a hate crime on his part.

It is at the very least, desecration of a grave site and theft of personal property.

The man is a racist.

Pure and simple.

[Spirochete]

There were free negroes in the Confederacy. Some even wore gray uniforms and fought against the Union.

It goes against liberal conventional wisdom and makes thier heads explode.

[Viking2002]

Lemme put it this way: if his militant ass would have snatched anything off my ancestor's grave in my presence, he'd have had 230 pounds of pissed off honkey climbing his tree and plucking what's left of his fruit.

[vetvetdoug]

Tolerance is only for we whiteys. NAACP and most liberals have no tolerance for any beliefs and heritage other than the one’s they subscribe. The round mouth Democrats preach tolerance yet have none...they’re closer to the Communist than they are to our Republic.

[knarf]

Alabaman’s know where he lives ... they need to muster up the same brand of courage that blatantly desecrated a sacred site and redeem the honor of a man who fought and died for an equally, if not more, belief in righteousness and patriotism.

[laweeks]

Golly, sure sounds like a hate crime, don’t it? Oh, wait a minute . . . it’s only a hate crime if a white guy does it . . . ok . . . now I understand.

[Redbob]

No surprises here; it was obvious he was either black or a yankee.

You EVER hear of Southerners defilinig the graves of Yankee soldiers?

[eyedigress]

As far as I'm concerned, this is a hate crime on his part. It is at the very least, desecration of a grave site and theft of personal property.

The racist idiot will regret this action.

[OldSmaj]

Criminal Code of Alabama

Section 13A-7-23.1 Desecration, defacement, etc., of memorial of dead; invasion or mutilation of corpse. (a) Any person who willfully or maliciously injures, defaces, removes or destroys any tomb, monument, gravestone or other memorial of the dead, or any fence or any inclosure about any tomb, monument, gravestone or memorial, or who willfully and wrongfully destroys, removes, cuts, breaks or injures any tree, shrub, plant, flower, decoration, or other real or personal property within any cemetery or graveyard shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

But will anything happen to the councilman?

Will he be charged?

Don't hold your breath.

[leftyontheright]

bookmarking for later...

wish I had an Auburn ping list... argh!

[Redbob]

"Councilman Dowdell is black."

And he'd only have done what he did with women around...

[DeLaine]

ping

[GeronL]

There were black slave owners, some were even cruel. There was guy in New Orleans....

The book “Black Masters” had stuff about it

[gwilhelm56]

**The racist idiot will regret this action.**

This YANKEE would like to see this BIGOT get slammed good!!

[Redbob]

"But will anything happen to the councilman? Will he be charged?"

I would expect Mary Norman to file a criminal complaint;
shame on her if she does not.

[knarf]

Ward 1 Arthur L. Dowdell 909 Pleasant Avenue Auburn, AL 36832 334.524.2074

He went out of his way to act on a personal vendetta.

[del4hope]

According to The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 2007, the slave trade with Africa was abolished in the Constitution of the Confederacy, dated March 11, 1861.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

He needs his arse kicked up between his ears!

[Alter Kaker]

There were free negroes in the Confederacy. Some even wore gray uniforms and fought against the Union.

Yes, it's called Stockholm Syndrome.

[Alter Kaker]

According to The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 2007, the slave trade with Africa was abolished in the Constitution of the Confederacy, dated March 11, 1861.

So? The slave trade with Africa had been illegal since 1807 in the United States. Though illegal, it was generally tolerated in much of the South. Slaves continue to be owned and sold, despite the ban on new imports.