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Aurora residents and community leaders criticize city’s cancellation of Juneteenth flag raising
Summary
Scores of residents and community leaders packed the Aurora City Council meeting to protest the cancellation of a city-sponsored Juneteenth flag-raising ceremony, calling the move disrespectful to Black history and urging the council to reinstate city-supported flag-raising events.
Hundreds of residents and local leaders used the city council’s public-comment period on June 24 to protest the city’s cancellation of a scheduled Juneteenth flag-raising.
Speakers including Sunny and Cynthia Latimer told the council the June 19 community flag-raising was canceled without adequate notice after a successful June 6 event, calling the move “insulting” and “blatantly disrespectful.” “You took that away from the community,” Latimer said, urging transparency on how the decision was communicated. Regina Brent, a 25-year resident and…
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