THEY HOPE TO TURN THE CASE
SPECIAL A LARGER CLASS ACTION
LAWSUIT FOR ALL INVESTORS.
TONIGHT A NAME CHANGE IS IN
THE WORKS FOR A SOUTH FORT
WORTH PARK NAMED AFTER A
CONFEDERATE LEADER.
THEY VOTE UNANIMOUSLY TO CHOOSE
ANOTHER NAME FOR JEFFERSON
DAVIS PARK.
WHAT THEY WILL CALL IT, THAT
STILL HAS TO BE WORKED OUT.
THIS IS WHAT WE KNOW AS OF
TONIGHT.
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Reporter: DOUG, THIS IS THE
KIND OF ACTION THAT WE HAVE
QUITE FRANKLY SEEN A LOT OF
RECENTLY THROUGHOUT NORTH TEXAS
AND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
WHERE CITY LEADERS ARE MOVING
TO GET RID OF ANY STANDING
MEMORIALS OR ANY MONUMENTS THAT
PAY TRIBUTE TO CONFEDERATE I
CONS.
THIS IS THE LATEST -- ICONS,
AND THIS IS THE LATEST ONE IN
FORT WORTH AND ALL INDICATIONS
THIS PARK WILL NOT BE CALLED
JEFFERSON DAVIS PARK MUCH
LONGER.
ON ANY GIVEN EVENING YOU'LL
FIND KIDS AND ADULTS ENJOYING
THEIR TIME AT THIS PARK IN
SOUTH FORT WORTH.
MANY IN THIS MOSTLY HISPANIC
COMMUNITY MIGHT NOT REALIZE THE
NAME THE PARK BEARS PAYS
TRIBUTE TO A CONFEDERATE LITER.
MIGUEL CABRERA HAS LIVED HERE
FOR YEARS AND HE DOESN'T MIND.
[ SPEAKING SPANISH.
Reporter: HOW DO YOU FEEL
ABOUT CITY LEADERS WANTING TO
CHANGE THE NAME OF THE PARK?
HE SAYS HE DOESN'T FEEL GOOD
ABOUT A NAME CHANGE SAYING IT
WOULD BE THE SAME AS CHANGING A
PERSON'S NAME TO SOMETHING THEY
AREN'T KNOWN BY.
ACCORDING TO HIM, RACISM AND
DISCRIMINATION ISN'T SOMETHING
HE EXPERIENCES AROUND HERE.
THOSE WHO PUSHED FOR THE NAME
CHANGE SAY THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT
IT STANDS FOR.
I THINK THAT JEFFERSON DAVIS
HAD NO CLEAR TIES TO FORT WORTH
AND THAT HE WAS PART OF A
LARGER EFFORT THAT WAS CEASED
AND -- STEEPED IN VIOLENCE.
Reporter: THE NEXT QUESTION
IS WHAT WILL IT BE CALLED?
ONE QUESTION WAS NAMING IT
AFTER THE DALLAS POLICE OFFICER
WHO WAS KILLED IN LAST YEAR'S
POLICE AMBUSH.
HE WAS RAISED IN THIS
NEIGHBORHOOD.
I WOULD LIKE IT TO HAPPEN
FOR HIS DAUGHTER, FOR HIS
LEGACY TO LIVE ON FOR HER.
THAT IS A LITTLE GIRL -- HE
LEFT A LITTLE GIRL AND SHE IS
NOT GOING TO KNOW HIM BUT ONLY
THROUGH WHATEVER WE DO TO KEEP
HIM ALIVE AND HONOR HIM.
Reporter: AS OF RIGHT NOW
THE CITY LEADERS ARE LOOKING TO
