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RES-2019-056 DRAFT 2 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Resolution Condemning the Ku Klux Klan and Other <br /> Similar Groups <br /> WHEREAS, the Ku Klux Klan, consisting of numerous independent local groups <br /> throughout the United States, is an organization that symbolizes hatred; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Ku Klux Klan promotes violence, domestic terrorism and racial <br /> terrorism; and <br /> WHEREAS, intimidation, discrimination, oppression, and racism threaten American <br /> democracy; and <br /> WHEREAS, white supremacists are exploiting bigotry and have weaponized hate <br /> targeting African Americans, Latinos, Native Americans, Asian Americans, LGBTQ <br /> communities, immigrants,Jews, Muslims, and other people of color; and <br /> WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to ensure the safety and security of all Orange <br /> County residents, and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County prides itself on being a diverse open community <br /> dedicated to fostering positive human relations, promoting the equal treatment of <br /> all individuals, encouraging goodwill and harmony among groups in the County; and <br /> protecting residents' personal dignity so as to make available to the County their full <br /> productive and creative capacities; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County fully embraces the rights guaranteed in the First <br /> Amendment to the Bill of Rights, but equally believes those rights do not give the <br /> right to any persons or groups to threaten the existence of others; <br /> NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT we, the Orange County Board of <br /> Commissioners, strongly oppose the activities of the Ku Klux Klan, reject white <br /> nationalist, white supremacist, neo-Nazis and other hate groups, and urge <br /> lawmakers in the State of North Carolina and the Federal Government to denounce <br /> threats posed by those groups. <br /> This the 3rd day of September 2019. <br /> Penny Rich, Chair <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />