Kingman resident wants message to counter Confederate flag display

[TexasTowelie]

KINGMAN — Kimgman Mayor Jen Miles is calling for civility, respect and tolerance as area residents debate everything from COVID-19 restrictions to the Black Lives Matter movement.

Miles said she was thankful that recent BLM demonstrations at Locomotive Park downtown were mostly peaceful and without injury.

And she hopes it remains that way.

Miles told fellow council members last week that she and City Manager Ron Foggin have been bombarded with emails regarding display and sale of the Confederate flag at the Thunder-Rode apparel business adjacent to the park. Owner Jack Alexander has a poster board on his property that denotes the history of the “Battle Flag.”

Confederate flags and other monuments and symbols of the Civil War have been under scrutiny during racial activism across the nation. Many have called for their removal from state capitol grounds, courthouses and other public property.

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Business owner Jack Alexander, of Thunder-Rode, displays a poster board denoting the history of the Confederate flag outside his apparel store in downtown Kingman.
DAVE HAWKINS, Special to the Daily News

[Phoenix61]

1. I don't get it

Arizona became a state Feb 14, 1912 long after the Civil War was over. That flag has nothing to do with Arizona.

[tulipsandroses]

4. A commentator on MSNBC yesterday said, he has asked many people defending " their heritage"

what battle their relative fought in - they can't answer. They can't name a single battle that occurred. Yet they are clinging to " their history". They have no ties to that damn flag. It is what we know it is. A symbol of racism.

[sfstaxprep]

2. A LOSER Flag For The Confederate LOSERS

Anyone who supports the side who Lost the war, are Losers themselves.

Be proud of the Heritage of Losers.

[niyad]

3. It is NOT "Amweica's confederate battle flag", you asshole. The confederacy was a bunch

of traitors. What part of this do you not get?

[rusty quoin]

5. How hard is that?

[BComplex]

6. That was exactly what I was going to post! That is NOT America's confederate flag.

It's the flag belonging to American traitors. Pure and simple. America doesn't have a confederate flag, because America doesn't have a traitor flag.

[Sherman A1]

7. I believe that the best option would be for the community to build a privacy fence

On park property between this “charming” individuals store and the park.