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Lt. Mariano Pargas resigns from Uvalde Police Department, mayor tells CNN
CNN — Lt. Mariano Pargas has resigned from the Uvalde Police Department, Mayor Don McLaughlin tells CNN Thursday afternoon. Pargas’ resignation comes ahead of a rare Saturday “special meeting” that was called by the city to decide his fate. Pargas’ resignation is effective immediately, according to McLaughlin. Pargas, the acting police chief on the day […]
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Alabama GOP: County chair Shanon Terry apologizes for posting an elephant logo with KKK imagery. The local NAACP wants him off the school board | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
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- August 20, 2022
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CNN — A county NAACP chapter in northern Alabama is calling for the resignation of a school board member and local Republican Party chairman, who says his sharing on social media of a GOP elephant logo that included KKK imagery was unintended. The Facebook page of the Lawrence County Republican Party had included in one […]
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