VIOLENCE breaks out between Confederate flag demonstrators and BLACK protesters at SC Capitol
Pro-Confederate flag protesters were met with resistance when they tried to rally around the South Carolina Capitol. Black counter-demonstrators showed up and fights broke out with the cops trying to keep both groups away from each other. Here are some tweets from a journalist and other eyewitnesses:
A group is preparing to drive from Irmo to Columbia to circle the State House with confederate flags. @WLTX pic.twitter.com/ZIYY72Kd4T
— Savannah Levins (@LevinsReports) June 29, 2015
There they go…. Most in the group are between the ages of 14 & 18. pic.twitter.com/q0RkizdIiK
— Savannah Levins (@LevinsReports) June 29, 2015
On I-26, State House bound. @WLTX pic.twitter.com/1GZGodXn8S
— Savannah Levins (@LevinsReports) June 29, 2015
Things just got violent at the state house. Law enforcement rolling in pic.twitter.com/3dQBBOdvUo
— Savannah Levins (@LevinsReports) June 29, 2015
Fights breaking out. (Explicit language) @WLTX pic.twitter.com/x4aGIAvKke
— Savannah Levins (@LevinsReports) June 29, 2015
"Hold that line. Do not show aggression." pic.twitter.com/7Jw4AZcczg
— Savannah Levins (@LevinsReports) June 29, 2015
Prayer always helps:
Both sides of debate join in prayer pic.twitter.com/usHEgZUkXB
— Savannah Levins (@LevinsReports) June 30, 2015
To clarify: this is all happening at the SC State House in Columbia. pic.twitter.com/rRszoa2Ihr
— Savannah Levins (@LevinsReports) June 30, 2015
Block of Gervais St in front of state house has been blocked off @WLTX pic.twitter.com/4v9hZfsc3E
— Savannah Levins (@LevinsReports) June 30, 2015
Oddly, the reporter says they were just Confederate flag supporters, but others were saying it was a KKK rally:
Down town Columbia right now KKK rally. Countless cars bearing down on Gervais flying the confederate flag. pic.twitter.com/MOqvhJt2zh
— THE CONNET (@THEAlleyeceeing) June 30, 2015
Avoid dt Columbia right now. KKK rally. Feels like a terrorist attack. Countless cars bearing down on Gervais flying the confederate flag.
— Alyssa Leigh (@ARichardson_SC) June 30, 2015
@Keethers allegedly there is a kkk rally happening right now in Columbia, SC wtf.
— Elayne C. Burke (@chatelainedc) June 30, 2015
People near Columbia SC please be careful tonight and avoid downtown. MULTIPLE reports about an impromptu KKK rally right now #EndHate
— Kelsie Brynn Jones (@kelsiedarko) June 30, 2015
The KKK rallying in Columbia,SC y'all ?
— LongLiveTheLegacy♑️ (@TheAmazin_Saint) June 30, 2015
Yeah I get the feeling these people would call anyone with a Confederate flag a KKK member. Including Luke and Bo Duke!!! They’re crazzy!!!!
