"Perpetrator Has Been Arrested, But Killer is Still at Large": Calls Rise to Remove Confederate Flag
June 23, 2015
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17:25Now Playing"Perpetrator Has Been Arrested, But Killer is Still at Large": Calls Rise to Remove Confederate Flag
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as posted by the channelCalls are growing in South Carolina to remove the Confederate battle flag at the state Capitol after last week’s mass shooting of nine AfricanAmerican worshipers at the historic Emanuel AME Church. The flag has been the source of controversy for decades in South Carolina, but a growing number of politicians, including South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, are calling for its removal after photos were published online showing the accused gunman, Dylann Roof, posing with the flag. We speak with two Republican South Carolina state representatives who support removing the flag, including state Rep. Doug Brannon, who says he will introduce the bill to take the flag down. We’re also joined by historian Don Doyle and Rev. Dr. William Barber, president of the North Carolina NAACP. Barber says honoring the Charleston Nine means both removing the Confederate flag and changing policies, including expanding Medicaid and voting rights. "The perpetrator has been arrested, but the killer is still at large," Barber says. "When you have racialized political rhetoric and racialized policies, they become the spawning ground, the birthing ground, if you will, for terroristic violence."
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