Newsome scaled the 30-foot flag pole outside the statehouse early this morning, climbing the pole with the help of a harness, which quickly attracted the attention of law enforcement. As the Capitol police ordered her down, she continued her act of civil disobedience and took down the Confederate flag. She paused in her descent to declare, “I come to get you in the name of God. This flag comes down today!” As she came down from the pole, she uttered prayers and told awaiting police that she was “prepared to be arrested.” Police took the flag out of her hands, helped her over the enclosure, and she was taken away as a gathered crowd applauded her actions and chanted, “We have nothing to lose but our chains.”
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