Negro protesters begin ILLEGALLY digging at gravesite of Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest

Had a group of whites attempted to dig up the grave of Emmett Till, the wrath of the Federal Government would have been deployed...

But Negroes in America are exempt for law!

MEMPHIS, Tennessee -- The Memphis City Council voted to remove a statue and the remains of Confederate general Nathan Bedford Forrest, but for one group the move isn't happening fast enough.

A group of protesters arrived at Forrest's grave site Wednesday, armed with a shovel, and began digging up the grass next to the grave at a park in the city's Medical District.

According to WREG in Memphis, the group said they want all evidence of Forrest gone from Memphis.

"If he's gone, some of this racism and race-hate might be gone," said Isaac Richmond with Commission on Religion and Racism. "We got a fresh shovel full, and we hope that everybody else will follow suit and dig him up.

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