Protests over whether a Florida suburb should strip the names of Robert E. Lee and two other Confederate generals from city streets briefly turned tense Wednesday when a lone pro-Confederate protester charged at about 100 anti-Confederate demonstrators. Hollywood police quickly tackled Chris Tedino, 21, of Miami, throwing him and his Confederate flag to the ground. If the measure passes, Hollywood would join Gainesville, home of the University of Florida, and the Gulf coast town of Bradenton as Florida cities that have removed Confederate memorials. In Hollywood, a proposal to change the street names first arose 15 years ago, but never gained traction. Several street names dating to the city's 1925 founding honor military officers both U.S. and Confederate.

Source: ABC News August 30, 2017 14:13 UTC