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Residents urge Madison County supervisors to condemn school board member’s social-media posts
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Multiple residents and local civic leaders told the Madison County Board of Supervisors that school board member Charlie Sheets’ recent social-media posts, described as anti-Muslim and racist, create legal and community risks and called on supervisors to publicly repudiate or censure him.
Multiple residents on Tuesday urged the Madison County Board of Supervisors to publicly condemn comments made by Madison County School Board member Charlie Sheets, saying the remarks are hateful, dangerous and damaging to the county’s reputation.
"He said that Muslims are evil. They want to kill all of us in America," said Cindy Taylor of Wolftown during public comment, adding the posts also included statements that Black people "can't achieve anything on their own." Taylor urged the five supervisors to "stand up" and say they do not support those remarks and to consider an interfaith response.
Pastor Frank Lewis of Antioch Baptist Church…
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