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Louisiana cemetery 'sorry' after denying officer burial 'because he is black'

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Louisiana cemetery 'sorry' after denying officer burial 'because he is black'
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RE: Louisiana cemetery 'sorry' after denying officer burial 'because he is black'
January 29, 2021 at 1:42 pm
(January 29, 2021 at 1:38 pm)zebo-the-fat Wrote: Louisiana cemetery 'sorry' after denying officer burial 'because he is black'

A Louisiana cemetery has apologised after refusing to bury a local black police officer because of a decades-old provision allowing only white people.
The Oaklin Springs Cemetery board met on Thursday to change its sales contract after an outcry over the "white human beings" rule.
Officer Darrell Semien's widow called it a "slap in the face" to be denied a plot "because he's black".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-55860238


How the hell can this still be a thing in 2021??    Mad

My guess is that it's an old regulation that has never been challenged.  It's probably well known in that area to be a "white" cemetary.

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