Why some Black residents in Sarasota oppose proposed lynching memorial

• The nonprofit EJI established the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala., to commemorate the thousands of people lynched in the South from 1877 to 1950.

But now "scores" of residents are urging city leaders to block the project, per the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.

• And the opposition comes from Black residents in Newtown.

What they're saying: "This is like a stick of dynamite waiting for somebody to put a match to it," said Sarasota’s Living Hope Worship Center pastor Ruby Robinson. 

• "We are supposed to forgive our ancestors for what happened back then. We don’t need to drag this up now and leave it in our children’s face for the rest of their lives."