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KKK flag, sign placed on North Georgia building

A Confederate flag, a Ku Klux Klan flag and a sign were placed on a building in Dahlonega overnight. (Credit: Channel 2 Action News)
A Confederate flag, a Ku Klux Klan flag and a sign were placed on a building in Dahlonega overnight. (Credit: Channel 2 Action News)
By Steve Burns
Feb 17, 2017

A Ku Klux Klan flag, a Confederate flag and a sign were placed overnight on a building in downtown Dahlonega, Channel 2 Action News reported Thursday.

Lumpkin County deputies contacted the building’s owner, Roberta Green, who got the flags taken down and is working to get the sign taken down, the station reported.

Ku Klux Klan material was placed on a building in Dahlonega. (Credit: Channel 2 Action News)
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Deputies will investigate the situation if Green files a report, Channel 2 reported.

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