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Liberty Belle
(9,665 posts)Also talk to your local media and get them asking the officer why they aren't doing anything about this.
Was the cross burning part of a demonstration which might be free speech, or an actual crime if it occurred on someone else's property as a means of intimidation/threat?
Organize counter-protesters too to outnumber the Nazis if any more demonstrations are planned.
backtoblue
(12,091 posts)Thank you. I'm going to contact them.
emmaverybo
(8,147 posts)It was a peaceful if abhorrent march, not well-attended, no supporters for those marching. I remember being shocked that such a group even existed. That was then...
I greatly admire your courage and activism! You have some good advice here. I would be cautious about getting involved in organizing a counter-protest yourself, but certainly try to get civil rights groups informed and joining your effort.
CentralMass
(16,104 posts)backtoblue
(12,091 posts)By speaking out I'm putting myself at risk of retaliation from these groups.
I don't want to live in fear. But I don't want the next generation of my community to have to live in fear either . Change has to start somewhere. I'm not happy about having to do this. But it's my civic duty to try.
handmade34
(23,372 posts)your area Southern Poverty Law Center...
https://www.splcenter.org/state-offices/alabama
blm
(114,104 posts)dem4decades
(12,780 posts)I wouldn't go out on a limb just yet.
sinkingfeeling
(55,176 posts)track RW groups nationally.
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mopinko
(72,524 posts)even if your voice breaks.
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Liberty Belle
(9,665 posts)marked50
(1,496 posts)the first paragraph.
What does the research on the correlation of DNA ancestry and pharmaceuticals and eugenics come into play here? Did I miss something?
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marked50
(1,496 posts)I can only guess as to your what you are trying to investigate. My assumption, only my guess, is that you would like to know if the incredible increase and and effort into ancestry genetics may be linked to the increase white supremacy. In some way is the data that is now being presented assisting or accelerating the concept of Eugenics?
Just curious as to what you may have found or considering may be connected.
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marked50
(1,496 posts)Liberty Belle
(9,665 posts)Southern Poverty Law Center, as other potential resources. On edit from my earlier remark, the ACLU may not be the best choice as I'd forgotten about their earlier actions. But there are many other groups that would be very concerned about white Supremacists/Nazis -- any groups that protect civil rights, or groups specific to protecting rights of Jews, blacks, Hispanics or other people of color and religious minorities should be appalled at what's going on here.
handmade34
(23,372 posts)I understand you are doing research with local history in mind... but, just a couple of interesting things: "Fresh Air" had a good segment the other day
https://www.npr.org/2019/05/08/721371176/eugenics-anti-immigration-laws-of-the-past-still-resonate-today-journalist-says
https://bookpage.com/reviews/23929-daniel-okrent-guarded-gate-history
Vermont has a rich history with this topic (sad to say)
http://www.uvm.edu/~eugenics/vtsurvey.html
https://www.vpr.org/post/coming-terms-vermonts-dark-history-eugenics#stream/0
http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/vermont-eugenics-survey-purifies-the-populations-polluted-protoplasm/
good luck with your research and keep us up to speed on how things are going...
backtoblue
(12,091 posts)
I'll take all the resource help I can get!
backtoblue
(12,091 posts)I'm continuing to fight. And I'm even more resolved in my research .
This has the potential to put me and my family in a dangerous position, so I'm going to delete some of the private info I posted.
I thank you all for being there for me and your help with information.
I won't give up. If any Arkansans would like to contact me, please send a pm about this. Thank you.

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