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"We can't ignore the image conjured by the word 'plantation'. We can't ignore how painful that is for Black Rhode Islanders to see that and have to see that as part of their state's name."
Two large blazes broke out on the hills surrounding the Traverse Mountain area late Saturday night. While one of the fires was put out, the other flared up due to strong winds. Now it is spreading rapidly, moving closer to the nearby towns of Lehi and Alpine.
Tehama County sheriff's officials early Sunday morning said the Red Bluff Walmart Distribution Center shooting suspect, who was killed in a gunfight with police, was fired from the center last year.
The suspect, Louis Lane, 31, of Redding was fired from the distribution center in February 2019 because he did not show up for work, sheriff's officials said.
Lane showed up at the distribution center at about 3:30 p.m. Saturday and crashed his sport-utility vehicle into the employee entrance to the building, officials said. After the SUV caught fire, Lane got out and opened fire inside the building.
Comment: 'Oh say can you see' that America is trading history for hysteria. The offending stanza evaporated many years ago and is not part of the anthem's official lyrics. See also: Dixie Chicks submit to social justice, drop 'Dixie' from their moniker