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Rachel Dolezal’s claims ‘lost the trust’

Demonstration organizer and NAACP member Kitara Johnson, left, receives support from friend Angela Jones before speaking to a crowd gathered outside the local NAACP office in downtown Spokane on Monday. (Colin Mulvany)
Demonstration organizer and NAACP member Kitara Johnson, left, receives support from friend Angela Jones before speaking to a crowd gathered outside the local NAACP office in downtown Spokane on Monday. (Colin Mulvany)

Hours after she boarded a flight to New York City with intentions to break her silence this morning on the “Today” show, more than two dozen demonstrators gathered outside the NAACP offices along West Main Street to hold signs reading “#IntegrityMatters.”

Angela Jones said after the rally she joined the Spokane chapter of the NAACP on Monday, following the announcement of Dolezal’s resignation. Jones said she’d “consciously” avoided becoming an official member of the group because of her disagreements with Dolezal’s strategies.

“We could have said, ‘Oh, let’s cancel it,’ once she announced her resignation,” Jones said of the rally. Instead, members of the NAACP, Spokane Human Rights Commission and area Indian tribes showed up to illustrate that the efforts of those groups would continue without Dolezal. More here. Eli Francovitch, Kip Hill, SR



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