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Facebook removes congressman's post over 'incitement'

Clay Higgins original post included a picture of Black demonstrators with long guns and said in part, If this shows up, well consider the armed presence a real threat.

The post goes on to say such protesters should Have your affairs in order and that I'd drop any 10 of you where you stand.

The Advocate in Baton Rouge said a Facebook spokesman confirmed late Tuesday that the post was removed for breaking the companys violence and incitement policies.

Higgins is a former sheriff's deputy who, before he entered politics, gained fame in south Louisiana for swaggering anti-crime videos in which he urged criminals of Louisianas Acadiana region to turn themselves in.

One of the two pictures in the removed post appears to be from news coverage of armed Black men from a July protest over a Black woman's police shooting death in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Author: Abc News

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