#FreeBree: Black Activist Arrested For Removing Confederate Flag From S.C. State House

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Georgia, Andersonville, The Confederate battle flag is still proudly flown in downtown, despite the town's notorious civil war history it still insists on calling itself a Civil War village.

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If you happen to log into twitter right now, you’ll see the hashtag #freeBree. Bree Newsome has become a viral hero for removing the confederate flag from the State House in Columbia, SC. She was arrested for defacing a monument, but the look of satisfaction on her face is #priceless. Details below.

“The woman, identified as Bree Newsome by nationally prominent activist and educator DeRay McKesson, scaled the 30-foot flagpole to remove the flag just before dawn, the Associated Press reports.

Newsome, who is black, and the man who assisted her, James Ian Dyson, were arrested by police, taken to a detention center, and charged with defacing a monument, according to The Guardian.”