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07-13-2015, 04:59 PM #1
Confederate flag supporters flock to the 'Florida Southern Pride Ride' in Ocala
Confederate flag supporters flock to the 'Florida Southern Pride Ride' in Ocala: reports
BY TOBIAS SALINGER
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Monday, July 13, 2015, 6:04 AM
- Ocala police investigating after shots fired near Confederate flag rally
WFTV - Orlando, FL
Thousands of Confederate flag supporters rallied in central Florida on Sunday afternoon.
The blue-and-red-clad drivers of some 2,000 trucks, motorcycles and other vehicles flocked to the town of Ocala for a 17-mile parade in support of county officials’ decision to return the stars and bars to a site outside a Marion County government complex, The Ocala Star-Banner reported.
Someone reportedly fired at least six gunshots in the direction of the so-called “Florida Southern Pride Ride,” but no one was injured, according to WFTV. Police tweaked the parade route after receiving word of threats against the demonstrators in one of the town’s neighborhoods, the Star-Banner reported.
Attendees were wearing t-shirts with slogans like “Heritage not hate” as they defended the rebel symbol.
“This is my flag,” Bryan Williams told WFTV. “It just means this is the South flag. Nothing against anybody.
That’s just what I was raised under. I carry it with me all the time.”
BRUCE ACKERMAN/OCALA STAR-BANNER /LANDOVKeeper Greene, a 2-year-old from of Clermont, draped in a Rebel flag, waves a Confederate flag with his father, Brian, at the start of the Florida Southern Pride Ride at the Southeastern Livestock Pavilion in Ocala, Fla., on Sunday.
A General Lee reproduction car modeled on the one from “The Dukes of Hazzard” led the ride, and most of the demonstrators were white, according to the local paper.
The flag signifies “good living, respect, and honesty,” said African-American attendee Dwayne Webb, 23, of Ocala. "It’s a positive movement.”
But a group of counter-protesters called attention to the flag’s association with avowed white supremacist Charleston shooter Dylann Roof.
“What if your heritage is rooted in hate?” Tampa resident Laila Abdelaziz told the Star-Banner. “You have to confront that.”
JOE RAEDLE/GETTY IMAGESConfederate and U.S. flags fly from trucks during a rally in Loxahatchee, Fla., on Saturday.
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