Campbell not backing from Confederate flag stance after threat

Posted: Wednesday, July 8, 2015 10:00 pm
BY DENICE THIBODEAU

Danville City Councilman Larry Campbell is angry — even angrier than he was when he was told by law enforcement Tuesday that a group called “Anonymous CSA” was threatening him and two other men in Virginia with repercussions if they continue to seek the removal of Confederate flags.

The news was delivered to Campbell by Danville Police Chief Philip Broadfoot three hours before Tuesday’s scheduled council meeting. Campbell said Broadfoot received the information about the threat from the Virginia Fusion Center, which, according to its website, is an agency set up to combine information from various local, state and federal agencies, as well as the public, to combat terrorism and to deter criminal activity ...

Campbell has been open about wanting to see the Confederate flag on the lawn of the Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History — a city-owned property — removed from atop a Confederate war memorial. That did not change in the few hours Campbell had between learning about the threat and the council meeting, where he spoke out about both the threat and the Confederate flag ...

“Because of the image and history the flag has for African-Americans, it should never be flown,” Campbell said. “It’s a symbol of hatred and white supremacy … the Bible says ‘Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.’ The Confederate flag is evil; <supporters of the flag> have proven that to me by threatening my life and my family” ...

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