Weatherford, TX (WBAP/KLIF) – In Parker County, a protest calling for the removal of a statue honoring Confederate soldiers in front of the Parker County courthouse turned violent.
Demonstrators in Weatherford were met by hundreds of counter-protesters Saturday.
A group of Parker County Progressives dubbed ‘Enough is Enough‘ had marched from a city park to the courthouse Saturday, where they were met by hundreds of counter-protesters.
At least two of the protest leaders were attacked according to the Fort Worth Star Telegram.
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Chants of “No Trump, no KKK, no racist USA were met with screams of “Donald Trump … Donald Trump.”
At one point this exchange is heard on video saying, “I’m going to blow a hole in your ass.” “Now that would be the stupidest thing you ever did in your life.”
One man was seen with a knife; another is seen bashing someone with a baseball bat.
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Protester Tony Crawford told our media partner, WFAA-TV that he had been petitioning the county to remove the statue which honors confederate soldiers.
“Tell me that an African American walks up to the and thinks I’m going to get fair and impartial treatment when you have a statue that says we were less than human.”
Parker County Judge Pat Deen says there were two arrests after things turned violent.
“It was very disappointing and it’s not something that I have seen in the 30 years that I have been here.”
Deen says Daughters of the Confederacy owns the statue and does not have the funds to remove it.
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