US protester removes Confederate flag from state house
June 28, 2015  00:19
A protester scaled a flagpole on the grounds of the South Carolina legislature on Saturday and removed the Confederate flag, officials said, amid fierce debate about the racially charged symbol.

The black woman climber was arrested as soon as she came down from the 9m-high pole, and a new flag was restored to the original position within an hour.

Pictures on social media showed a woman, named as Bree Newsome, 30, being escorted by an officer, her hands behind her back.

#FreeBree was trending on Twitter within hours of the dawn incident.

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