Group of Alabama protesters places fake body bags on courthouse lawn to push for removal of Confederate flag and monument - News Summed Up

Group of Alabama protesters places fake body bags on courthouse lawn to push for removal of Confederate flag and monument


(CNN) For months, a group of protesters in Alabama has been fighting for the removal of a Confederate flag and a Confederate monument that sit in front of the Marshall County Courthouse in Albertville. Last week, protest organizer Unique Morgan Dunston stepped up the group's demonstration efforts by adding a visual display to the courthouse lawn. Dunston -- who has led bi-weekly protests since August -- and two other protesters placed fake slave body bags on the courthouse lawn in order to highlight the history of Marshall County and what the Confederacy supports, she said. The body bags on the Marshall County Courthouse lawn. The bags are marked with the names of the slaves and the price Marshall paid for them.


Source: CNN December 28, 2020 01:30 UTC



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