Confederate flag at South Carolina State House pulled down
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A black woman has climbed the flagpole in the grounds of the South Carolina State House and removed its controversial Confederate flag.
Bree Newsome climbed the 30ft (9m) steel pole just after dawn on Saturday despite police telling her to come down, Associated Press reported.
Ms Newsome and a man were later arrested and the flag returned.
There have been calls for it to be removed since nine people were killed in a racist attack in Charleston.
Shooting suspect Dylann Roof had been pictured with the Civil War era saltire - seen by some as a symbol of slavery and racism - on a number of occasions.
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There has been a social media campaign to remove the flag
Since the pictures emerged there has been pressure to remove the flag from the memorial in front of the South Carolina State House in Columbia.
It was first flown in 1962 in protest at the growing civil rights movement and has been a source of rancour and controversy in the state ever since.
The hashtag #TakeItDown has been trending on Twitter in the US.
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Bree Newsome was taken into custody and the flag reinstated
White House spokesman Eric Schultz has said President Obama believes the Confederate flag "belongs in a museum".
Ms Newsome describes herself on Twitter as a filmmaker, singer, songwriter and freedom fighter.
A rally by flag supporters was scheduled for later on Saturday.
An impromptu Ride for Pride event took place in Brandon in Florida on Friday.
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There have been rallies to support the use of the flag

This is because of karma.
he was born as carpenter pickin and he became president who did not kill and steal.
When he reincarnate again, he will be born as rich man pickin. Maybe he will be born in Queen of England house.

Abacha and obasanjo will be born as dung-beetle.
The only thing they do is to steal money, kill, and womanize. Obasanjo even do his son wife! It is a pity.
They will be rolling shit all over the guinea savannah! From Makurdi to Jos. I pity them.

Buhari will be born as a pig! All he do is to kill, steal, and march as a soldier. Is that good?
He will be born as a pig so he can roll in the poto-poto.

I see this in a dream.

Lies!

Boko Haram has capture Anambra State!

aresa:
I though he left $30 billion? Confused and corrupt jokers..

dullardo,
$5 billion in NLNG account.
Over $25 billion in other accounts.

#buhariwhereisour3.4billion

buhari should reloicate boko haram to katsina!

emmy4lov:
6. snapping and uploading picture ....

7. waving to his cows
8. drinking kunu

fitzmayowa:
Atleast he will recover the remaining loot of abacha(the person he gave a clean bill of health) and other politicians...

habaa,
"abacha is not kworupt" - Papa Mohammadu Buhari "Dullardo"

disloman:
A year old won't write this kind of trash n believed he or she had written something.What a shame.

haba,
please tell the truth for once.
tinubu never get anything for this election.
on top of all the work wey him do for buhari.
they money he took from alfa bitter is running low
and if you people continue to treat him like this,
ambode go soon robbish am join.

It is time to support Tinubu.
if not the tripod will only have one-leg.
the tripod is already bad enough when it had two-legs.
one-leg tripod go dey one kain oo.
that one go be walking stick.

PDP should not be partial.
they have supported buhari regime,
they have supported saraki and dogara,
they should now support tinubu!
let tinubu at least get something now!
hunger go kill am ooo.

government of the fulani,
by the fulani,
by for the fulani.

he only blocked all the roads.
he did not shut down calabar at all.

ERODEDEAST:
All your ministers must be Northerners ooo, All na Change

Government of the Fulani,
By the Fulani,
For the Fulani!

His real name is Onibaje!
Nigeria oni b'aje!
Just keep watching.

i haves say it.

So the Air Force Chief who gave reasons for the raid was lying?

Dullardo,
Come and safe your people!

Norada:
Bushari take dat useless project to your village abi land no dey there. Confused mallam

kano needs a lot of electricity.
the nuclear bomb should be sited there.

ohenhen1:
Nuclear energy is going to be a reality. The good news is we don't have earthquakes and tsunamis in Nigeria.

it looks like you need the nuclear menini?

Allah will punish buhari and apc people for letting this gallant soldier down in battle.

I support!
NO MORE BILLION DOLLAR FOOD IN ASO ROCK!
NO MORE FOOD IN ASO ROCK PERIOD.

this $20million just compensation to chad for killing Nigeria Army and innocent Nigeria citizens

there goes our 1 billion dollars!
how much kunu and amala then go eat for there?

God is watching you people.

Sunnybobo3:


Says the certificateless Daura President.

with people like successsmart,
nigeria is in for tough times.

no abstract thinking ability.
no semantic vs pragmatic "listening"

abeg,
make una pity PMB (Papa Mohammadu Buhari),
it is not his fault.

we do not have leader in nigeria.
buhari is gallivanting around while
aisha the akara fryer is there shedding corocodile tears!

RIP cousin Moses.
God grant al janah!

iscoli:

why have u chosen to be senseless? ur generation must be ashamed of u.

your father

Pejapaul:

U are a useless civilian

Khd95:

clearly ure an anti-buhari,bt make baba God giv u d power 2 bear ur pain for d next 4yrs
wots wrong in using ambulance.....if u did PHE back in secondary sch u would understand bettr,aftr at dy didnt use armoured tanks or disturb d peace of d neighborhood

Mekky05:
. What did your "GEJ" soldiers achieve for this country? I guess your grey matters have turned to black.

your father

cramjones:
your father!

the dullard of daura
and the bingo of ubima

nobody can cut the salary of the 2015 senators!
the salary is part of their conditions of service when they applied to work for us.