A small plane flew a Confederate flag over the Bristol Motor Speedway as thousands of fans gathered to watch NASCAR's All-Star Race in Tennessee. It comes a month after NASCAR announced the Confederate flag would be prohibited from all official events.
It comes a month after NASCAR announced the Confederate flag would be prohibited from all official events in response to the worldwide protests against racial injustice and police brutality following the killing of George Floyd. Critics of the Confederate symbol say it's racist and represents a war to uphold slavery and a battle to oppose civil rights advances.
Willy T. Ribbs, motorsport's Black pioneer 03:24It comes after NASCAR and the FBI launched an investigation when a crew member discovered what appeared to be a noose in the garage of Bubba Wallace at the Talladega Superspeedway last month. The FBI report found that the item was a"garage door pull rope fashioned like a noose," and said that it had been in the team garage since last year and Wallace, therefore, was not a victim of a hate crime.
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Trump Snaps 'So Are White People' When Asked Why Black People Are Killed By CopsThe president also told CBS News that people who 'like the Confederate flag' are thinking about NASCAR, not slavery.
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Breaking down 4 major changes to NASCAR's 2020 All-Star RaceIt’s race day at Bristol Motor Speedway, and here is all the information to get ready for Wednesday night's NASCAR All-Star Race and the NASCAR All-Star Open qualifying race, which precedes it.
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Trump claims more white people die at hands of law enforcement, defends flying Confederate flagPres. Trump claimed 'more white people' than Black people die at the hands of law enforcement, ignoring the reality that unarmed Black people are disproportionately more likely to die at the hands of law enforcement than white people.
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