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July 19, 2015 12:00 pm - NewsBehavingBadly.com

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That was the scene during competing protests at the South Carolina Capitol Saturday.

Confederate flags were stolen and ripped up to cheers and applause from the New Black Panther demonstrators – while KKK members stood on the steps of the capitol performing Nazi salutes.

The white supremacists came out in force on Saturday afternoon to condemn the governor’s decision to remove the Confederate Flag due to its associations with racial hatred.

Countering their demonstration, around 400 people with links to the New Black Panther Party marched in the name of racial equality – calling on politicians to do more than simply bring down a flag.

Although leaders insisted they would steer clear of one another, disputes were soon breaking out between off-shoots…

According to the Charleston Post-Courier, there were three fights that police were forced to break up.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3166640/Violent-clashes-expected-South-Carolina-Ku-Klux-Klan-New-Black-Panther-Party-come-face-face-rival-rallies-outside-capitol-statehouse.html#ixzz3gKwHDVDf
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D.B. Hirsch
D.B. Hirsch is a political activist, news junkie, and retired ad copy writer and spin doctor. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.