'You are not going to come to Oak Cliff and intimidate us,' Friendship West pastor responds to back-the-blue rally | Dallas Weekly

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'You are not going to come to Oak Cliff and intimidate us,' Friendship West pastor responds to back-the-blue rally | Dallas Weekly

A participant in a back-the-blue rally Sunday waved a Confederate battle flag at a Black-led church in Oak Cliff, where car-club members say they didn't think the meet-up would become political. The Rev. Frederick D. Haynes III, senior pastor of Friendship West Baptist Church, went live on Facebook Sunday afternoon with a blatant message for the group. 'Blue lives matter, […]

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