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Utah city condemns Confederate flag display in parade
By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press
Posted Jul 12th, 2016 @ 7:26am
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah city has condemned a display of the Confederate flag in an unsanctioned local parade float.
American Fork city officials said the flag flying from behind a decorated golf cart on Saturday was a troubling display of hate.
The group slipped in before the official parade and walked in front of the line for a time but broke off before the end of the route, said city spokeswoman Audra Sorensen on Monday. It doesn't appear that they applied to be in the city's annual Steel Days parade, and it isn't clear who they are, she said ...
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