are currently under fire after trying to organize a high-flying stunt involving a car with a Confederate flag license plate. The Detroit City Council rejected the stunt, which was originally going ...

A “Smokey ... Bandit”-themed stunt jump has been called off in Detroit after the city council denied its permit amid concerns that the Pontiac Firebird Trans Am used in it might display a ...

In "Smokey and the Bandit," the Confederate emblem is visible as part of the former state flag of Georgia. Reynolds plays Bo "Bandit" Darville, who drives the Trans Am to Georgia as a police ...

Confederate imagery has complicated plans ... letting the event’s organizers recreate a scene from the film “Smokey and the Bandit.” Autorama organizers had planned to open next month ...

citing the Confederate flag found on the car’s front license plate. The Detroit City Council voted 7-1 to deny a request by Autorama to include a Smokey and the Bandit-style jump, made famous in ...

DETROIT -- A Confederate Flag on the license plate of the car from"Smokey and the Bandit" was enough for the Detroit City Council to deny a permit for a planned stunt outside of Cobo Center next ...

In the 1977 "Smokey and the Bandit" movie, a Confederate emblem is visible on a decorative license plate as part of the Georgia state flag before it was changed in 2001. Toundas said there were ...

A Smokey and the Bandit-themed stunt jump was originally ... the original "Bandit" vehicle features a Confederate flag on the front license plate. The annual hot rod show got into hot water ...

particularly the Confederate battle flag which features prominently the hood of the car in “The Dukes of Hazzard” as well as on the license plate of the car in “Smokey and the Bandit.” ...

DETROIT — The Detroit City Council has canceled a stunt involving the car from the movie "Smokey ... Bandit" that was planned for an upcoming classic car show show because of the car's ...

“Smokey and the Bandit” is 40 years old ... with his cowboy hat and Confederate flag license plate, sped down highways ahead of the law. The country music that propelled him was up-tempo ...