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According to tweets sent by Chicagos chapter of Black Lives Matter, the United States should ban all Confederate symbols in response to the white supremacist terror attack in Charlottesville, which left one woman dead and scores more injured.

The group, in a series of tweets, wrote, The fact that the Confederate flag & statues permeate the south is evidence that white supremacy was never overthrown in the United States.

Comparing Confederate symbols and monuments to Germanys ban on all Nazi-related propaganda, the group added, After WWII, Germany outlawed the Nazis, their symbols, salutes & their flags. All confederate flags & statue, & groups should be illegal.

The KKK & all other white supremacist groups should be illegal for the same reason Germany made them illegalfor crimes against humanity, the group wrote. The murder of Heather Heyer reveals white supremacists value no life, even white life. We must end white supremacy in the United States.

Charlottesville, Virginia, Black Lives Matter activist Lisa Woolfork gave an interview to Truth-Out on Monday, speaking about Confederate symbols in the United States as well as the domestic terror attack.

Woolfork told the website that there has been a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville every month since May, and added that many of the rallies focused on Confederate monuments.

About the monuments, Woolfork said, One thing that I like to impress upon is that I think it is very important to retain attention on the Confederate monument. Of course, many people are turning to Louisiana and New Orleans as an example of a mayor who decided to step up and say, No more. These are relics of a racist past and I want us to build a better future as a city. We do not need these any longer. They have outlived their usefulness. Charlottesville has not done that. They have not done a complete process of reckoning.

Black Lives Matter has been very vocal about the removal of Confederate symbols and monuments since its 2013 inception, and in June 2015, Black Lives Matter-related graffiti was even scrawled across various Confederate monuments across the U.S.

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(CBS) Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Chicago Tuesday for another round of demonstrations following the violence in Charlottesville and President Trumps response to it.

CBS 2s Audrina Bigos reports.

The protest ended at Chicagos Trump Tower because a lot of the messages here the anger and frustration were geared toward the president after he blamed many sides for violence that ended in a womans death Saturday. Trump denounced racist groups Monday under pressure, but again on Tuesday said counter-demonstrators shared some of the blame.

Tuesdays Chicago crowd of more than 300 was comprised of members of Black Lives Matter and 14 other local groups. The demonstration began in Federal Plaza.

If youre passive, then youre allowing it to happen, and Im not willing to allow it to happen, protester Seth Kim-Cohen said.

The anti-racism protest is the second in Chicago since the deadly violence during the United the Right rally in Virginia.

Protester Frank Chapman noted that white people have been abundant at anti-Trump protests.

Its becoming clear that the majority of the people in this country are not racist and do not want a racist president, he says.

At least three people were arrested Tuesday during the demonstration activities in Chicago, police said.

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Black Lives Matter and other groups plan to protest violence in Charlottesville Tuesday afternoon in the Loop. View Full Caption

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DOWNTOWN Black Lives Matter and other groups will protest recent violence in Charlottesville, Va. Tuesday afternoon in the Loop, denouncing a white supremacy movement the protesters feel is emboldened by PresidentDonald Trump.

The rally will start at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in Federal Plaza, 230 S. Dearborn St. The Black Lives Matter activists will be joined by other groups including the Arab American Action Network, Organized Communities Against Deportations and Jewish Voice For Peace. The Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression organized the event.

The protest will be the second in Chicago condemning racismsincea deadly "Unite The Right" rally this weekend in Virginia that left three people dead. Trump has been widely criticized for his response to the violence, which included an initial statement that cast blame "on many sides."

"The murder and attempted murder of anti-racist demonstrators Saturday in Charlottesville, Va., by armed thugs marching under the banners of openly white supremacist, anti-Semitic and homophobic organizations is not an isolated incident," the Chicago activists said in a statement.

Hundreds of Chicagoans marched to the Trump International Hotel & Tower on the Chicago River on Sunday after the violent protests in Charlottesville. A local flower shop now refuses to sell to customers who refuse to condemn "racism, Nazism and fascism" while shopping online.

The activists Tuesday are also largely behind a weekly series of Downtown protests that began after Trump was elected president.

An Ohio man faces murder charges after allegedly killing a 32-year-old woman with his car during the rally Saturday in Charlottesville, the home of the University of Virginia. Two Virginia state troopers patrollingwerekilled in a helicopter crash while patrollingthe rally, which drew hordes of far-right activists, including pro-Confederate and white supremacist groups andcounterprotesters.

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On Mondays broadcastof MSNBCLive, Black Lives Matter co-founder and Executive Director and Founder of Dignity Now Patrisse Cullors argued that hate speech isnt protected by the First Amendment and white supremacists are directly related to President Trumps policies.

Cullors said, David Duke and the white supremacists who showed up to Charlottesville, that is Trumps base. And that base is not isolated. Its not its directly related to Trumps policies and the policies that have continued to harm and kill black people and our allies. I think were seeing a movement of white nationalists rising up because theyve been emboldened by trump and his government. And I really want to invite people to be on the right side of history right now.

She added, I think whats important in this moment is white nationalists are actually fighting to take away peoples rights. Black Lives Matter and groups like Black Lives Matter are fighting for equality. And hate speech, which is what were seeing coming out of white nationalist groups, is not protected under the First Amendment rights.

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The official Twitter account of Black Lives Matter and the organizations Chicago branch have announced that all Confederate groups, flags and statues should be illegal in the United States.

Government officials should look to Germanys decision to outlaw the Nazis, their symbols, salutes and flags after World War II, the racial activist group says.

The Chicago chapter of Black Lives Matter issued two tweets on Monday afternoon related to Confederate symbolism.

The official Black Lives Matter Twitter account then retweeted the Chicago branchs messages to all 252,000 of its followers.

Some 460 Twitter users have liked the Black Lives Matter tweet that calls for a ban on Confederate groups and symbolism similar to Germanys ban on Nazi symbolism.

The smattering of replies mostly includes advocates for outlawing all Confederate groups and symbolism.

Germany banned Nazi symbolism just after World War II ended.

The United States Civil War ended over 150 years ago.

The Black Lives Matter movement began in 2013 as a social media hashtag #BlackLivesMatter after a jury acquitted George Zimmerman in the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

The group gained national prominence during a days-long series of demonstrations in Ferguson, Missouri after white police officer Darren Wilson shot Michael Brown, an 18-year-old black male, on Aug. 9, 2014.

Black Lives Matter demonstrators marched through Fergusons streets, chanting, no justice, no peace and hands up, dont shoot.

In November 2014, incredibly intense violence broke out on the streets after the St. Louis County prosecutors office announced that Wilson would face no criminal charges for shooting and killing Brown.

Police had completely lost control of Ferguson about 90 minutes after the grand jury announcement. Looting was widespread. Cars, including police cars, were set on fire. Several buildings were set ablaze and severely damaged. (RELATED: Total Police Failure Brings Absolute Mayhem To Ferguson After Grand Jury Announcement)

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Several businesses in Ferguson some of them black-owned were completely destroyed during the riot.

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A Harvard-Harris poll released earlier this month shows that most Americans dont have a favorable view of the Black Lives Matter movement. Fifty-seven percent of Americans view Black Lives Matter negatively, while only 43 percent have a positive view of the movement. (RELATED: Poll: Most Americans Dont View Black Lives Matter Favorably)

Views on Black Lives Matter in the Harvard-Harris poll were also strongly divided along racial lines with 83 percent of black people expressing a positive view of the organization compared to 35 percent of white people who do.

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