{"id":106141,"date":"2020-10-12T11:53:50","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T15:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=106141"},"modified":"2020-10-12T11:53:50","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T15:53:50","slug":"south-dakota-town-lashes-back-at-george-floyd-his-uncle-after-confederate-flag-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=106141","title":{"rendered":"South Dakota town lashes back at George Floyd, his uncle after Confederate flag fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

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KoB sends in this article about George Floyd’s uncle’s<\/a> crusade against the Confederate battle flag in his small South Dakota town.<\/p>\n

It seems the uncle, Selwyn Jones, carpetbagged into the small town a few years back. The cannon and flags represent the city’s namesake of Gettysburg, PA. The South Dakota town was founded by veterans of The War Between the States.<\/p>\n

Jones didn’t even know that the Confederate flag was on the city’s police patch or squad cars and only became offended after a South Dakota reporter called him to get his opinion on the matter. Since then he used his pulpit, however bully it may be from his relation to Floyd, to advocate for the change. The city and police department acquiesced, but this anger the locals.<\/p>\n

There’s a few ways to look at this one. He only recently moved to the SD town and was unaware the patch had the offensive (to some) image on it, so why concern himself with it? However, he has purchased a business (and likely a home) there, so he has every right to a say in local political issues.<\/p>\n

Likewise, it should be noted that the patch is a recent addition to the department, designed in 2009. This is not something that’s been a part of the city for decades as many of the Confederacy targets in the South. I can see what the agency\/city was going for with the nods to the Battle of Gettysburg (the bloodiest battle of the war that saw more than a quarter of the ~175,000 men there to become casualties), but even in 2009 the Confederate flag had been a source of significant controversy for many years. It seems like an unnecessary lightning rod (a “dog whistle” in the parlance of 2020) to add it to a police department’s patch.<\/p>\n

Also, as a history buff, if they were going to go for historical accuracy, they could have picked the far less problematic actual CSA stars and bars that were the country’s flag. They also should have used a period-accurate Union flag. There be way too many stars on that Old Glory there to be Civil War vintage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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