In the following years especially during the civil rights era the banner became a divisive emblem of white supremacist groups.
Mr roof holding the confederate battle flag.
The suspected killer is a 21 year old white man.
The only way to get it removed is by a vote from the state legislature according to authorities.
Dylann roof spat on and burned the american flag but waved the confederate.
Back in 2015 in the wake of the white supremacist mass murder committed by dylann roof at mother emanuel church in charleston south carolina then governor nikki haley took the genuinely bold.
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He posed for pictures wearing a no.
Images have surfaced online of mr.
Dylann roof reportedly accepted the flag as a symbol of white supremacy the belief that white people are better than all others especially black.
The flag is located on state capitol grounds near the statehouse in columbia.
The public reaction powerfully suggests that roof.
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The battle flag flew atop the south carolina statehouse from 1962 until 2000 when lawmakers agreed after a.
In 2015 when dylann roof killed nine members of a historically black church in charleston south carolina a photo of him holding a confederate flag was posted on his website also featuring his.
Since he allegedly shot nine african american worshipers to death at a historic charleston s c church the country has been wrapped in debate about what the old battle flag symbolizes and.
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