Durham employees speak out about hate group's banner
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CARLY HAYNES, WRAL, NEWS LIVE
IN CARY.
>> NEW TODAY WE ARE HEARING
FROM THE MAN WHO TORE DOWN THIS
SIGN AT AMERICAN TOBACCO.
ITS MESSAGE WAS LINKED TO WHAT
MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS CLASSIFY
AS A WHITE NATIONALIST GROUP.
PICTURES FROM A SURVEILLANCE
CAMERA SHOWS THE PEOPLE
AUTHORITIES BELIEVE PUT IT UP.
WRAL'S MONICA CASEY JOINS US
NOW LIVE WITH WHY ONE MAN
DECIDED TO TAKE IT DOWN ON
ACCOUNTS.
>> DEBORAH, THIS IS THE SPOT
WHERE THAT BANNER WAS HANGING
ON SATURDAY. YOU CAN SEE ONE
47 OVER HERE IN THE DISTANCE.
THE MAN I SPOKE WITH WHO
DRIFTED DOWN TELLS ME HE AND
HIS CO-WORKERS STUFFED IT INTO
THE TRASH THAT IT COULD NOT
BE USED AGAIN OR GIVE THAT
GROUP ANY MORE OXYGEN.
>> SECURITY FOOTAGE CAPTURED
THESE 3 MAN HANGING A SIGN ON A
PARKING GARAGE AT THE AMERICAN
TOBACCO CAMPUS. THAT BANNER
LISTED THE WEBSITE FOR PATRIOT
FRONT WHICH HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED
AS A WHITE NATIONALIST HATE
GROUP. ABOUT AN HOUR LATER THAT
SIGN WAS GONE. THANKS TO THIS
MAN. THIS THIS IS A VERY, VERY
MIXED, VERY LOVING, VERY, LIKE
WONDERFUL COMMUNITY THAT SAYS
VERY ACCEPTING AND TO POST.
WELL, I JUST ADVERTISING ANY OF
THAT IS TERRIBLE. MICHAEL SNEER
AND IS THUS TO CHEF AT
SARAFINA. IAN CO-WORKERS
LEARNED ABOUT THE SIGN FROM
SOCIAL MEDIA AND BEGAN
SEARCHING FOR IT. SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. WE.
>> SPOT IT.
>> AND JUST SPRINT TOWARDS THAT
END LIKE REP LIKE PUT UP RIP
OFF THE ZIP TIES AND JUST LIKE.
YEAH, HE'S JUST WE'RE I DIDN'T
WANT TO LIKE STAND FOR THAT.
SOUNDS LIKE WE WANT TO GET THAT
DOWN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
SPEARMAN TELLS ME HE WAS ANGRY
AND WANTED TO GET THAT BANNER
DOWN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THAT IS JUST SOME PEOPLE TRYING
TO PROVOKE OR ACTION. THAT IS
NOT WHAT DURHAM OR RALEIGH OR
ANY OF THE TRIANGLE THAT THAT'S
NOT WHAT WE'RE ABOUT. WE'RE
>> ABOUT LOVE AND INCLUSIVITY
AND JUST TAKING CARE OF EACH
OTHER. AND THAT KIND OF MESSAGE
HAS NO PLACE HERE. WRAL HAS
ALSO REPORTED ON RACIST TEXT
MESSAGES IN RECENT DAYS TELLING
BLACK PEOPLE THEY'VE BEEN,
QUOTE, SELECTED TO PICK COTTON.
>> THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
OFFICE SAYS THEY'RE
INVESTIGATING AND DURHAM
LEADERS ARE ADDRESSING BOTH
ISSUES TO BE CLEAR. HATE HAS NO
HOME IN OUR CITY.
>> OUR COUNTY OR IN OUR
SCHOOLS.
>> THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S
OFFICE TELLS WRAL IF YOU
RECEIVE ONE OF THOSE HATEFUL
TEXT MESSAGES, YOU SHOULD
CONTACT THEM OR POLICE LIVE IN