According to Kossack and FB friend William J Hamilton, the City of North Charleston is hosting a news conference at 12:00 pm EDT today wherein government leaders will call for the removal of the Confederate Battle Flag from the grounds of the capitol:
URGERT - MEDIA ALERT
Press Conference to Urge Removal of Confederate Flag
Reverend Nelson B. Rivers, III, Vice President, Religious Affairs and External Relations, National Action Network and Pastor of Charity Missionary Baptist Church, North Charleston, J. Elliott Summey, Chairman of the Charleston County Council, Senator Marlon Kimpson (D-Charleston) Mayor Keith Summey, North Charleston, Mayor Joe Riley, City of Charleston, Elder James Johnson State President, National Action Network) and other elected officials and concerned citizens will hold a Press Conference today, Monday June 22 at noon, to announce a rally at the State House on Tuesday, June 23 calling on the South Carolina General Assembly to remove the Confederate Battle Flag from the grounds of the capitol.
The City of North Charleston will be live streaming the press conference here:
What: Press Conference to Urge Removal of the Confederate Flag
When: Monday, June 22, 12:00 p.m.
Where: North Charleston City Hall Council Chambers, City Hall Drive, North Charleston, SC
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FITSNews is reporting Nikki Haley will call on the SC State Legislature to remove the flag:
S.C. governor Nikki Haley will call on the S.C. General Assembly to remove the Confederate flag from the north lawn of the S.C. State House in downtown Columbia, S.C., sources familiar with her plans tell FITS.
Haley has scheduled a press conference for 4:00 p.m. EDT in the second floor lobby of the State House – between the S.C. House and State Senate chambers. Prior to that, she will meet at 1:00 p.m. EDT with S.C. Speaker of the House Jay Lucas and Senate president Hugh Leatherman to inform them of her plans.
9:03 AM PT: SC State Rep Doug Brannon (R) will be sponsoring a bill to remove the flag during the SC State Legislature's upcoming session: http://www.msnbc.com/...
UPDATE
A bipartisan group of local politicians joined NAACP officials on Monday in calling for state lawmakers to remove the Confederate battle flag from Statehouse grounds after the death of nine people at a downtown Charleston church.
In a news conference in North Charleston, the officials said it was time to take down to the flag in light of accused killer Dylann Roof’s racially motivated attack Wednesday on Emanuel AME Church.
“The Confederate battle flag years ago was appropriated as a symbol of hate,” Charleston Mayor Joe Riley said. “Take away Mr. Roofs’ ... misguided symbol of racial ... superiority.”
North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey, a Republican, stood near NAACP Charleston chapter President Dot Scott in joining the chorus of leaders making the call. Five years ago, during a controversy over a group’s attempt to locate a Confederate memorial in North Charleston, Summey called Scott a “nut” whom he didn’t want to deal with.
But on Monday, Summey said the flag sent a message that state leaders are OK with the things it symbolizes.
Summey’s son, Charleston County Council Chairman Elliott Summey, also stood with the group.
“We wanted to wait until things died down,” Elliott Summey said. “But what better way to honor those nine people who died?”