NC NAACP Calls for Post-Charleston Church Shooting Gun Control

By Robert Farago

NC NAACP President Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II’s Statement
in Support of the Non-Violent Direct Action this Morning in Columbia

COLUMBIA, SC – Sister Bree Newsome, in an act of prayerful non-violent civil disobedience, scaled the flagpole in front of the South Carolina Capitol, disengaged the flag of the Confederate States of America, and then prayed as she descended the pole and was arrested . . .
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II, President of the NC NAACP, said: “Our sister from North Carolina, Bree Newsome, is a committed, trained, non-violent messenger of the truth. She stands in a long tradition. The Hebrew midwives who stood up to Pharoah; Jeremiah who put on an iron yoke in defiance of a king and unfit practices; Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and more recently hundreds of protesters in Moral Monday who were all considered, at first, criminals for their acts of conscience. We stand in solidarity with her, and the deep commitment which she has to justice, love, and true inter-racial community. We stand with her as she is our family.”

Ms. Newsome said from jail: “We removed the flag today because we can’t wait any longer. It’s time for …read more

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