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Black Lives Matter Group: North Adams City Councilor Should Resign

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The Black Lives Matter organization in North Adams, Massachusetts says it will protest city council meetings until a member who called the movement a terrorist organization steps down.

A representative of the group, Raymond Moore, says the planned actions – which begin at Tuesday’s meeting – are also in response to city councilor Robert Moulton’s comments that diminished the threat of COVID-19.

“And he’s on the school committee, and he doesn’t believe in COVID-19? That is a serious situation,"
 said Moore. "His comments are racist to the extent of, I don’t understand how people are letting him slide by. I don’t get it.”

Moore tells WAMC that he has children in the North Adams public school system.

Moulton made his remarks on public access television on July 21st.

A Black Lives Matter march is scheduled for Sunday in North Adams beginning at 2 p.m.

Josh Landes has been WAMC's Berkshire Bureau Chief since February 2018, following stints at WBGO Newark and WFMU East Orange. A passionate advocate for Western Massachusetts, Landes was raised in Pittsfield and attended Hampshire College in Amherst, receiving his bachelor's in Ethnomusicology and Radio Production. His free time is spent with his cat Harry, experimental electronic music, and exploring the woods.
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