Politics & Government
South Carolina Governor Signs Bill to Remove Confederate Flag
The flag will be lowered "with dignity" in a ceremony on Friday.
South Carolina governor Nikki Haley officially signed into law on Thursday a bill that forces the removal of the confederate flag from State House grounds.
The bill was approved by the state House early Thursday morning after 13 hours of debate.
The flag will be removed in a ceremony on Friday at 10 a.m. ET and will be taken down ”with dignity,” according to Haley.
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Debate over the flag rose in the weeks after Dylann Roof allegedly opened fire on a traditionally black Charleston church, killing nine, on June 17.
Roof was associated with hate groups and had posted pictures of himself with white supremacist symbols, including the confederate flag.
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