The people who make death threats because they want to keep the Confederate flag flying should note that they are showing that they are defining the flag as a symbol of hate. Those who make death threats to try to get it removed should be ashamed.http://www.ibtimes.com/confederate-flag-debate-death-threats-south-carolina-lawmakers-state-police-says-2000209
By Aaron Morrison July 08 2015
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The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division said lawmakers both for and against the flag’s removal have been receiving threats against their lives. However, the division's chief did not say how many threats had been logged nor how they were received, according to a report in the state newspaper of Columbia.
“To threaten the life or well-being of a lawmaker or their family is inexcusable,” Mark Keel said in a statement. “We recognize the First Amendment protections offered for free speech. [Threats are] not free speech; it’s illegal to threaten to kill or injure a public official or their immediate family.”
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