South Carolina governor signs bill to remove Confederate flag
The flag will be officially removed on Friday morning.
An agreement among legislators transferred the Confederate symbol from above the state capitol to a nearby Confederate war memorial in 2000.
But the shooting last month rekindled outcry against the flag there, and sparked national debate between those who view it as a racist symbol compared to one of Southern pride.
“We saw members start to see what it was like to be in each others’ shoes,” Haley said of the debate among state legislators this week.
“We heard about the true honor of heritage and tradition,” she said. “We heard about the true pain that many had felt.”
Updated at 4:50 p.m.
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