A plane flew a Confederate flag over downtown Jacksonville Tuesday morning to protest the removal of controversial statues, in keeping with reports.
A gaggle called Save Southern Heritage, which opposes the elimination of Confederate monuments within the Florida city, said it was chargeable for the display.
The banner also took a shot at Mayor Lenny Curry, reading “Curry: Stop your hate!”
The Republican has publicly supported the removal of statues commemorating the Confederacy, though no final decision on the removal has been made.
The identical organization flew one other Confederate banner reading “put the monuments back” over the house of the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars during a game last month.
“As I’ve said before, there isn’t any place for hate of any kind in our City.,” Curry tweeted after the November incident. “My position on monuments stays clear, I actually have allocated money for removal and empowered city council to take motion.”
Asked about that incident last month and a flashed message backing Kanye West at one other Jaguars game, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said individual acts don’t define cities.
“I’m concerned when people within the media take some jabroni that no one cares about and can try to raise them and make them some kind of celebrity,” he said.
Jacksonville officials have repeatedly debated the removal of Confederate statues, with some locals backing their toppling and others arguing for his or her preservation.
A plane flew a Confederate flag over downtown Jacksonville Tuesday morning to protest the removal of controversial statues, in keeping with reports.
A gaggle called Save Southern Heritage, which opposes the elimination of Confederate monuments within the Florida city, said it was chargeable for the display.
The banner also took a shot at Mayor Lenny Curry, reading “Curry: Stop your hate!”
The Republican has publicly supported the removal of statues commemorating the Confederacy, though no final decision on the removal has been made.
The identical organization flew one other Confederate banner reading “put the monuments back” over the house of the NFL’s Jacksonville Jaguars during a game last month.
“As I’ve said before, there isn’t any place for hate of any kind in our City.,” Curry tweeted after the November incident. “My position on monuments stays clear, I actually have allocated money for removal and empowered city council to take motion.”
Asked about that incident last month and a flashed message backing Kanye West at one other Jaguars game, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said individual acts don’t define cities.
“I’m concerned when people within the media take some jabroni that no one cares about and can try to raise them and make them some kind of celebrity,” he said.
Jacksonville officials have repeatedly debated the removal of Confederate statues, with some locals backing their toppling and others arguing for his or her preservation.
