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June 29, 2017

Arkansas: Driver Destroys Ten Commandments Monument Outside Capitol
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And in Little Rock, Arkansas, a driver plowed into a monument to the Ten
Commandments on Wednesday, destroying the religious display less than a
day after state officials erected it on the grounds of the state
Capitol. A video posted to Facebook showed the moment the monument was
destroyed.

Michael T. Reed: "Oh, my goodness! Freedom!" [pop music, crash]

The driver, Michael T. Reed, was arrested on felony charges. Reed is
accused of a similar act in 2014 that destroyed a public monument to the
Ten Commandments in Oklahoma. Arkansas officials have vowed to rebuild
their state's monument, even though the American Civil Liberties Union
has promised to challenge the display as a violation of the First
Amendment's Establishment Clause.


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