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August 17, 2018

Louisiana: Shreveport Mayoral Candidate Threatened with Lynching
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In Louisiana, the FBI says it will assist local police in an
investigation after an African-American mayoral candidate in Shreveport
was threatened with lynching if he did not drop out of the race. Steven
Jackson says someone placed an envelope containing a threatening note at
his home, reading, "LEAVE OUR STATUE & PROPERTY ALONE & GET OUT OF THE
RACE [N-word]," along with a caricature of Jackson with his head in a
noose and the word "ROPE" underneath. Jackson is a parish commissioner
who was part of a 7-5 vote last October in favor of removing a statue
honoring Confederate soldiers outside the Caddo Parish Courthouse.


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