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ProSense

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Wed Jun 18, 2014, 10:45 PM Jun 2014

LOL! Why it's important to read the resolution before voting

Texas Commissioners Unintentionally Vote In Favor Of Slavery Reparations

A county commission in Dallas on Tuesday unanimously, and apparently unwittingly, passed a resolution that called for slavery reparations for African Americans.

The Dallas Morning News reported that the resolution was proposed by John Wiley Price, the only black member of the Dallas County Commissioners Court. Entitled the “Juneteenth Resolution,” it passed unanimously.

After the meeting, several commissioners admitted they hadn’t read the document, nor had they received a copy of it, before voting on it, the newspaper reported.

The only Republican commissioner, Mike Cantrell, later changed his vote to an abstention because he “had not received a copy of the resolution,” he told Dallas Morning News.

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/dallas-county-slavery-reparations-vote



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