Woman Arrested After Removing South Carolina’s Confederate Flag
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| Source: Chicago Tribune |
By John Walker, Jun. 27, 2015, Fusion
One woman was arrested after removing the Confederate flag from its lofty perch outside the Columbia, S.C., State House, and now people are tweeting #FreeBree to show their support.
The woman, identified as Bree Newsome by nationally prominent activist and educator DeRay McKesson, scaled the 30-foot flagpole to remove the flag just before dawn, the Associated Press reports.
Newsome, who is black, and the man who assisted her, James Ian Dyson, were arrested by police, taken to a detention center, and charged with defacing a monument, according to The Guardian.
Within hours of removing the flag, Newsome was flooded with support on social media. Twitter users shared photos of her along with the hashtag “#FreeBree,” which became the top-trending topic in the United States at around 9:30 a.m. ET.
One woman was arrested after removing the Confederate flag from its lofty perch outside the Columbia, S.C., State House, and now people are tweeting #FreeBree to show their support.
The woman, identified as Bree Newsome by nationally prominent activist and educator DeRay McKesson, scaled the 30-foot flagpole to remove the flag just before dawn, the Associated Press reports.
Newsome, who is black, and the man who assisted her, James Ian Dyson, were arrested by police, taken to a detention center, and charged with defacing a monument, according to The Guardian.
Within hours of removing the flag, Newsome was flooded with support on social media. Twitter users shared photos of her along with the hashtag “#FreeBree,” which became the top-trending topic in the United States at around 9:30 a.m. ET.
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