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Several Confederate flags were found around the King Center and Ebenezer Baptist Church Thursday morning.
According to Ebenezer Baptist Church Rev. Shanan Jones, police and Homeland Security are working to remove the flags.
Atlanta police confirms four small flags were found laying on the property.
The flags were placed below a poster that states “Black lives matter, hands up,” by a garbage can, on the path the historic MLK site and on the corner near the church, according to the Atlanta-Journal Constitution.
APD says the person who placed the flags could face charges including criminal trespassing, terroristic threats and littering.
Ebenezer Baptist Church consists of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s boyhood home and the original Ebenezer Baptist Church, the church where King was baptized and both his father, Martin Luther King, Sr., and he were pastors.
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