Confederate flag ban sparks debate at school Ban comes after alleged hate crime Published 9:07 AM MST Jan 23, 2013 Confederate Flag Debate brings DOJ to Colorado Town DOLORES, Colo. —Residents packed a Delores school board meeting Tuesday to voice their opinions on a controversial ban that’s forced one student to park off campus and a visit from the U.S. Department of Justice. The meeting stems from an alleged incident that took place at Dolores High School this past fall where a teacher became a victim of a hate crime.
After that, the superintended decided he was banning anything that could be perceived as hateful like Swastikas, Black Power fists and Confederate flags. The ban caused such uproar that it attracted the Justice department.
The DOJ sent a peacekeeper to try to bring calm to a school board meeting and the hundreds more in the small farming town who are torn apart.
This fall, Brenda Hindmarsh’s son painted a Confederate flag smack on the back of his pickup truck.
“Logan’s not racist,” Hindmarsh said. “The reason he did it is because he's a Duke's of Hazard fan.”
He then chose a controversial way to voice his political views.
“He also chose to paint ‘Nobama’ down the side,” Hindmarsh said. “I've been concerned for his safety and for his reputation as well.”
After a hateful display showed up in a teacher’s classroom, the school banned all Confederate flags, forced Logan to park off campus and brought in the DOJ.
“We had seen a rise in the display of Confederate flags and also a rise in racial slurs,” Dolores Schools Superintendent Scott Cooper said. “(We brought in the DOJ) as a positive next step for kind of patching up after a pretty rough end.”
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