[kiml122]

Originally posted by CrimsonTide4
Those on the Labor Day float threw watermelon and fried chicken to
paradegoers and made it appear as if one of the men in blackface was
being dragged not long after the highly publicized case of James Byrd
Jr., a black man in Texas who was dragged to his death from a pickup
truck, city officials said.



They testified that they had no racist intent and that their actions
were protected by the First Amendment because the float was a parody.

The firefighters said they meant to poke fun at their predominantly
white community's racist views with the ''Black to the Future 2098''
float. They said they used stereotypes, such as the blackface and
Afro wigs, because that's the way community residents perceived
blacks.

Oh give me a got damn break with the stupidity and the bullsh*t!!