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Activist group hangs ‘Ku Klux Klown’ effigies in Bryan Park

by | Sep 7, 2017 | COMMUNITY

*This is a breaking news story. RVA Mag will update with more details when they become available.

Richmond Police closed Bryan Park this morning after effigies of white hooded figures were found hung from trees. Anonymous activist art group Indecline is behind the action, which they documented in a video titled “Ku Klux Klowns”.

Official video from Indecline

The action was planned in advance and is not connected to the possible CSA protest planned for September 16. Indecline issued a statement to CBS 6 on the action, which they say was conceptualized this spring as a protest against White Nationalist uprisings. They selected Richmond for its legacy as the capital of the Confederacy, and Bryan Park because it was the site of Gabriel Prosser’s attempted slave rebellion in 1800.

 

David Streever

David Streever

David Streever was editor of the RVA Mag print quarterly from 2017 until 2018. He's written two cycling books for Falcon and covered the Tour de France and the 2015 UCI Championship in Richmond. He writes about politics, culture, cycling, and pretty much anything else.

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