COLUMBIA, SC – Brittany Newsome and James Tyson, both of North Carolina have been charged with defacing a monument say SC Public Safety officials.
The Confederate flag was temporarily removed from in front of the South Carolina Statehouse.
The Confederate flag was temporarily removed from in front of the South Carolina Statehouse.
An unidentified black woman was about halfway up the more than 30-foot steel flagpole just after dawn Saturday when State Capitol police told her to come down. Instead, she continued up and removed the flag before returning to the ground.
The woman and another man who had entered the wrought-iron fence surrounding the flag were arrested.
The flag, which is protected by state law, was raised again a short time later. A rally by flag supporters was scheduled for later Saturday.
