Houston Rally Will Call for Removal of Confederate Statue

The local chapter of Black Lives Matter is calling on Houston to take down Confederate statues. Organizers of a rally Saturday (Aug. 19) afternoon at Sam Houston Park downtown say they want the city to remove ‘The Spirit of the Confederacy” statue and other Confederate monuments from public property.

We talk with Ashton Woods, representative of the Houston chapter of Black Lives Matter, and Larry Satterwhite, assistant chief with the Houston Police Department, about how the organizers and the city are preparing.

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