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July 28, 2015

Bree Newsome's Trial for Removing Confederate Flag Set for November 
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Bree Newsome, the African-American woman who scaled the flagpole and
removed the Confederate flag from the South Carolina state Capitol
grounds after the shooting of nine African-American churchgoers in
Charleston, has been scheduled for a trial in November. Newsome and
Jimmy Tyson, the white activist who helped her, have been charged with
defacing state property, which can carry three years in prison and a
$5,000 fine. They had their first appearance in court Monday, and a
trial date was set even though South Carolina lawmakers have voted the
flag down, and it no longer flies on the grounds of the state Capitol.
To see our hour-long interview with Bree Newsome and Jimmy Tyson, you
can go to democracynow.org.

 

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