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Bree Newsome climbs flag pole to remove Confederate Flag from SC Statehouse
Posted on 6/27/15 at 2:21 pm
Posted on 6/27/15 at 2:21 pm
Twitter is blowing up with #FreeBree after Bree Newsome climbed the flagpole at the South Carolina Statehouse and removed the Confederate Flag.
Likely an iconic moment in history.
The issue now becomes whether or not the state will re-raise the flag. Brilliant way to force the issue, IMO.
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Likely an iconic moment in history.
The issue now becomes whether or not the state will re-raise the flag. Brilliant way to force the issue, IMO.
LINK
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Newsome scaled the 30-foot flag pole outside the statehouse early this morning, climbing the pole with the help of a harness, which quickly attracted the attention of law enforcement. As the Capitol police ordered her down, she continued her act of civil disobedience and took down the Confederate flag. She paused in her descent to declare, “I come to get you in the name of God. This flag comes down today!”
As she came down from the pole, she uttered prayers and told awaiting police that she was “prepared to be arrested.” Police took the flag out of her hands, helped her over the enclosure, and she was taken away as a gathered crowd applauded her actions and chanted, “We have nothing to lose but our chains.”
This post was edited on 6/27/15 at 2:31 pm
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Posted on 6/27/15 at 2:22 pm to Tuscaloosa
What a hero
Posted on 6/27/15 at 2:23 pm to Tuscaloosa
Yep, that flag coming down is going to end discrimination, feed, clothe and house a whole bunch of currently poverty-stricken black folks.
Yessireebob.
Yessireebob.
Posted on 6/27/15 at 2:24 pm to Tuscaloosa
Now the nation can rest. I am actually glad cause now perhaps people will shut the frick up about it.
Posted on 6/27/15 at 2:24 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
Probably saved 9 people. The flag was about to go on a crazy shooting spree.
Posted on 6/27/15 at 2:24 pm to Tuscaloosa
why didn't she just lower it?
And she's wearing a harness while trying to make her brave statement? pussy
And she's wearing a harness while trying to make her brave statement? pussy
Posted on 6/27/15 at 2:24 pm to Tuscaloosa
We are all witnesses.
Posted on 6/27/15 at 2:24 pm to Tuscaloosa
Awesome for her. Awesome for the haters. Hell week continues for the conservatives. Just awesome!
There'll be major butthurt over this one.
There'll be major butthurt over this one.
This post was edited on 6/27/15 at 2:28 pm
Posted on 6/27/15 at 2:24 pm to Tuscaloosa
So brave to do something to get attention and the respect of anonymous internet users.
Posted on 6/27/15 at 2:25 pm to crankbait
Can't believe the that cornball brother arrested her
Posted on 6/27/15 at 2:28 pm to Tuscaloosa
Glad they didn't shoot her.
Posted on 6/27/15 at 2:29 pm to Hoops
quote:
So brave to do something to get attention and the respect of anonymous internet users.
You think she did that to get respect from people on the internet?
It's not like she went and bragged about it on Reddit.
This post was edited on 6/27/15 at 2:29 pm
Posted on 6/27/15 at 2:30 pm to Tuscaloosa
Well, she got the attention she sought
Posted on 6/27/15 at 2:31 pm to ChunkyLover54
I added this to the OP, but I think the issue now become whether or not the state will re-raise the flag.
Whatever the reason was, it was a brilliant way to force the issue - as the state seemed like they were just trying to ignore all the backlash and hope it would just quiet down and fade away.
Whatever the reason was, it was a brilliant way to force the issue - as the state seemed like they were just trying to ignore all the backlash and hope it would just quiet down and fade away.
Posted on 6/27/15 at 2:32 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Stupid frick
Posted on 6/27/15 at 2:32 pm to tigerpimpbot
So this ends racism? What flag do we take down to get the blacks to stop killing each other every day?
This post was edited on 6/27/15 at 2:34 pm
Posted on 6/27/15 at 2:32 pm to Tuscaloosa
Agreed. People have been doing this long before the internet.
This post was edited on 6/27/15 at 2:33 pm
Posted on 6/27/15 at 2:32 pm to Tuscaloosa
I'm happy the black community has solved all its problems now.
Posted on 6/27/15 at 2:34 pm to Walt OReilly
Mad
Posted on 6/27/15 at 2:35 pm to Tuscaloosa
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Bree Newsome
Am I supposed to know who this is, or is she only famous for defacing government property?
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