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Group protests reported ‘monkey’ remarks by local DQ shift leader
Franchise owners: Racism not tolerated, shift leader no longer employed
DQ protest
Malik Gibson, right, joins Pastor Eli Porter, far left, and other protesters outside the Statesboro Dairy Queen on Northside Drive on Monday, Dec. 14, to object to the alleged use of a racial slur by a shift leader to an employee. (SCOTT BRYANT/staff)
As a sign of protest for an alleged racial slur said to a Dairy Queen employee, demonstrators strew the contents of a case of Del Monte bananas along the sidewalk in front of the Statesboro restaurant on Northside Drive at midday Monday.
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