Confederate Flag Rug Portland

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Confederate flag rug portland. Light blue flag with yellow cross. The groups gathered there after a portland woman s video account of a tense exchange with two employees at everyday deals over a confederate flag rug went viral earlier in the week. Feel free to re watch her emotions snowball into an avalanche of blubbering turmoil because she saw a rug she didn t like. Woman intimidated by employees after she asks about confederate flag rug at portland store.

A local woman s facebook video is sparking debate in portland even inspiring a protest. A portland liquidation store has removed confederate flag rugs and hopes to apologize to a woman who filmed employees of the store intimidating her after she asked about the rugs. Video courtesy of heather franklin. The video was taken by a shopper who found confederate flag rugs for sale at a liquidation store.

This chicks name is heather franklin and when she saw a confederate flag patterned rug being sold at a discount store in portland she completely lost her shit. The hate flags in question were rugs bearing the confederate flag a symbol of slavery and lynching and raping of black people according to the 33 year old mother of four. On wednesday morning according to heather franklin 33 she dropped one of her children off at school and took another as well as a child she was babysitting to everyday deals extreme on southeast 146th avenue. A portland liquidation store has removed confederate flag rugs and hopes to apologize to a woman who filmed employees of the store intimidating her after she asked about the rugs.

A couple dozen protesters gathered outside a portland store thursday afternoon to rally against racism and the store s president says they ve pulled all confederate flag.