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FROM Brian Hicks
Debate Begins over Removal of the Confederate flag at the SC Capitol The state legislature in Columbia, South Carolina is meeting today, and there are rallies outside the capitol building. On the agenda is Governor Nikki Haley’s proposed measure to remove the Confederate flag from a monument on the capitol grounds. Brian Hicks is metro columnist for the Post and Courier in Charleston.
Law Enforcement on Trial in America In Charleston, South Carolina cellphone video appears to show criminal conduct by police officer Michael Slager. He was fired and charged with murder shortly after the video went viral. It's the most damning in a series of videos that have created a crisis of public confidence in law enforcement.
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