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Newspaper Page TextProtesters held a rally to request the Confederate monument Holloman tWK W'f MOTORS WIDEST!REAMS TRIAL SET FOR OFFICER WHO SHOT, KILLED ANTHONY HILL PAGE4A CONSULTANTTO BUSINESS OWNERS: 'WORKYOUR BRAND' PAGE13A QUICK FINDER Opinion 6A Education 14A Classified 12A Sports 15A f THURSDAY, MAY 10-16,2018 THECHAMPIONNEWSPAPER.COM H) DEKALBCHAMPNEWS Protesters want Confederate monument off the square OO0 THECHAMPIONNEWSPAPER.COM SHOULD GEORGIA BAN BUMP STOCKS? PAGE 2A BY HORACE HOLLOMAN horace@dekalbchamp.com Two DeKalb County commissioners suggested moving the Confederate monument in downtown Decatur to another location on the Decatur Square and surround it with historical context. During a rally held May 5, protesters and civil rights organizations said the suggestion issued by the commissioners isn’t good enough as several participants shouted “off the square.” “Were asking you to take a stand for those who didn’t have a voice. When they talk about the money being raised to erect this and the people who participated in putting it here, that was without African-American participation,” said Decatur-based attorney Mawuli Davis. “We were excluded and it’s important for us to get that.” The rally was organized by Hate Free Decatur and the Beacon Hill Chapter of the NAACP. Davis, president of the Beacon Hill Chapter, said other locations have refused to take the monument. Watershed official: "LET US EARN THEIR TRUST" Water meter replacement program stalled BY HORACE HOLLOMAN horace@dekalbchamp.com I n May 2017, DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond informed an audience at Rehoboth Baptist Church in Tucker that the county had approximately 102,000 water meters at risk of failure. SEE WATERSHED ON PAGE 11 DeKalb County watershed officials confirmed the “large scale” meter replacement program has not begun. be removed from the Decatur Square. Photos by Horace LIFESTYLE FEATURE: Om-oi-a-kmd Wlow TheCHAMPION 1ST PLACE General Excellence AWARD WINNER Georgia Press Association 'Better Newspaper Contest’ 2007, 2009-2017 SECTION A: VOL. 27 The Official Legal Organ of DeKalb County, GA. Serving East Atlanta, Avondale Estates, Brookhaven, Chamblee, Clarkston, Decatur, Doraville, Dumvoody, Lithonia, Pine Lake, Tucker, Stonecrest and Stone Mountain. SEE PROTEST ON PAGE 11

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The champion newspaper. (Decatur, GA) 19??-current, May 10, 2018, Image 1