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Pol shares Facebook post equating Black Lives Matter to Klu Klux Klan
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| Last Edited | RBH Aug 14, 2020 04:46pm |
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| Author | Rose Adams |
| News Date | Friday, August 14, 2020 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Southern Brooklyn Assemblyman William Colton shared a post on his public Facebook page calling Black Lives Matter a “hate group” and equating it to the Klu Klux Klan — which, he said, started out as a group of “well intentioned people” before becoming the notoriously violent white supremacist institution that it is today.
“I support my Black friends but not BLM. I support my white friends but not the KKK. I don’t support hate groups,” the Aug. 9 post reads.
When asked about the post, Colton — who has represented Bensonhurst, Bath Beach, and Gravesend in the state’s lower chamber for 23 years — claimed that he shared the message simply to “generate discussion,” and said “racism is never okay.” |
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