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Champaign residents demand accountability over councilmember's swastika profile; activists press for Gaza ceasefire and divestment
Summary
Several speakers at the Feb. 11 City Council study session renewed calls for accountability after Councilmember Davian Williams used a social‑media profile image that residents say displayed a swastika, and activists urged the council to consider a ceasefire and divestment resolution related to the conflict in Gaza.
Several speakers at the Feb. 11 City Council study session renewed calls for accountability after Councilmember Davian Williams used a social‑media profile image that residents say displayed a swastika, and activists urged the council to consider a ceasefire and divestment resolution related to the conflict in Gaza.
Eris Cohen, executive director of Hillel at the University of Illinois, told the council that Williams’ profile image "represents Nazi Germany" and said his statement that he "did not mean to cause harm" was "absurd," adding that the symbol is banned in Germany because of the hate it represents. Cohen invited council members and the public to local Holocaust education events and urged actions she said would…
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