Monday, July 20, 2015

Anthony Hervey, Black Pro-Confederate Activist, Killed in Car Crash; Ran Off the Road by Unknown Assailants

Anthony Hervey, a black pro-Confederate activist, was killed Saturday when his truck was run off the road by anti-flaggers, possibly Black Panthers, after speaking at a pro-Confederate flag rally.

The Examiner reports:
Anthony Hervey, RIP
Arlene Barnum, a Vietnam-era veteran of the U.S. Army and Republican activist who supports the Confederate battle flag, burned her lifetime membership card to the NAACP at a multi-racial unity rally to save the Linn Park Confederate Monument in Birmingham, Alabama, Saturday. After the rally, however, Barnum was injured in an accident when the truck she was in rolled over after reportedly being chased, Save Our South public relations spokesperson Jonathan Barbee told Examiner.com Sunday.
Arlene Barunum survived the crash, but was hospitalized.

Read it all here. 

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