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RES - 2019 - 056 <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 of other <br /> faiths ; 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 more diverse inclusive open <br /> community dedicated to fostering positive human relations , promoting the equal <br /> treatment of all individuals , encouraging goodwill , harmony and unity among <br /> groups in the County, and protecting residents ' personal dignity so as to make <br /> available to the County their full 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 /> Pe Rich, C a <br /> Or ige Count BA rd of Commissioners <br />