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July 2, 2015

Bree Newsome Speaks Out After Removing SC Confederate Flag 
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In the United States, Bree Newsome, who scaled the flagpole at the South
Carolina State Capitol and took down the Confederate flag, has spoken
out for the first time since her arrest. Early on Saturday morning, Bree
Newsome shimmied up the flagpole, reciting scriptures as she brought the
flag down. Her actions came a day after the funeral for Reverend
Clementa Pinckney, one of nine people massacred by racist alleged
shooter Dylann Roof at Charleston's Emanuel AME Church. Newsome spoke in
an interview with Good Morning America which aired this morning.

Bree Newsome: "The majority of people in this nation are good. The
majority of people in this nation want peace. We want to eliminate
racism. We want to have more equality."

Tune into Democracy Now! tomorrow for a description of Bree Newsome's
protest and on Monday for our interview with Bree Newsome and James
Tyson, who was arrested alongside her for standing at the base of the
flagpole.

 

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