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Analysis: Rep’s silence after lynch remark strains relations

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2016 file photo, Rep. Karl Oliver, R-Winona, listens to discussion during a meeting of the House Corrections Committee at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. Oliver on Monday, June 5, 2017, is privately apologizing to many of his black colleagues, more than two weeks after saying people should be lynched for removing Confederate monuments. Legislators were in session Monday for the first time since Republican Rep. Karl Oliver of Winona posted the remark to Facebook on May 20. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Black lawmakers condemn white colleague’s lynch remark

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

The Latest: Black lawmakers condemn rep’s lynching remark

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Analysis: Rep’s ‘lynch’ remark part of broad cultural battle

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

In this Jan. 30, 2017, photo, Rep. Karl Oliver, R-Winona, rear, listens to Reps. Sam Mims, R-McComb, foreground left, confer with Bryant Clark, D-Pickens, during the 2017 Legislature at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. Oliver apologized Monday, May 22, for saying on his Facebook page that Louisiana leaders should be lynched for removing Confederate monuments, only after his comment sparked broad condemnation in both states. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Black caucus: White rep should resign over lynch comment

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

FILE- In this Friday, May 19, 2017, file photo, workers prepare to take down the statue of former Confederate general Robert E. Lee, which stands over 100 feet tall, in Lee Circle in New Orleans. Mississippi Rep. Karl Oliver of Winona apologized on Monday, May 22, for saying Louisiana leaders should be lynched for removing Confederate monuments, only after his comment sparked broad condemnation in both states. The post was made after three Confederate monuments and a monument to white supremacy were removed in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Mississippi lawmaker apologizes for calling for lynching

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - Associated Press

The Latest: NAACP: Lawmaker should resign over lynch comment

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This March 12, 2017, photo shows a statue of a Confederate soldier on the campus of the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss. Another statue on campus honors James Meredith, an African-American student whose enrollment in 1962 sparked riots. (AP Photo/Beth J. Harpaz) ** FILE **

Karl Oliver, Mississippi lawmaker: Lynch people removing Confederate monuments

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times