US protester removes Confederate flag from state house

[WorldNews]

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A protester scaled a flagpole on the grounds of the South Carolina legislature at dawn and removed the Confederate flag, officials said, amid fierce debate about the racially charged symbol. Pictures on social media showed a woman, named as Bree Newsome, 30, being escorted by an officer, her hands behind her back. Also arrested was a 30-year-old white man named as James Ian Tyson.

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