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[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 83 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (9 children)

Video of the flag convoy https://youtu.be/lu1GjHAiHZg

From https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/georgia-couple-gets-prison-time-racist-threats-childs-birthday-party

For two days, the couple and the nearly dozen others waved the flags while aboard pickup trucks and targeted their slurs and threats at black families in counties outside Atlanta.

In Douglasville, the couple, among others, reportedly yelled racial slurs at the birthday party’s attendees as they drove by. Torres also threatened to kill the people at the party with a shotgun Norton had loaded and retrieved from his truck, the district attorney’s office said in a statement on Facebook.

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago (5 children)

WTF is wrong with these racist assholes?!

[–] lectricleopard@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Grandpa told them stories about lynching the uppity ones. This garbage is passed down in the family.

I grew up in rural PA. I left because (among other similar issues) the community was A-ok with a small engine repair shop having the proprietor's full name on the big sign out front. His name was Kermit K. Kistler. His parents named him that, and he was proud enough to display it for all to see.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 5 points 1 day ago

the proprietor’s full name on the big sign out front. His name was Kermit K. Kistler.

That's a very intentional choice. Most small businesses in small towns get named "[lastname]'s [type of business]" and I can't think of any small businesses around me the specify the first name of who it is, even when its a family with lots of entrepreneurs and you see that family name on like 4 different businesses in town. Like your family name is a source of reputation in these small towns so when you're starting out it's better to use just the family name because everyone knows a [lastname] and sure the business is actually owned by their cousin but at least you know someone related to it so you know they'll do good work

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