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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 after working at stations including WBGO Newark and WFMU East Orange. A passionate advocate for Berkshire County, Landes was raised in Pittsfield and attended Hampshire College in Amherst, receiving his bachelor's in Ethnomusicology and Radio Production. You can reach him at jlandes@wamc.org with questions, tips, and/or feedback.
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