SOUTH CAROLINA AGAIN! OUTRAGE: Sniper Shoots Down Confederate Flag At S.C. Statehouse

In a crime that has outraged locals, a sniper has reportedly shot down the beloved Confederate flag that traditionally graces the Statehouse in Columbia, South Carolina. "This was clearly one very disturbed individual," said Council Chairman Harvey "Harve" Jeffcoat. "And I can tell you with certainty that he does not represent our community" www.huffingtonpost.com reports.

In the wake of Wednesday's church shooting in Charleston S.C. -- which killed six women and three men, including a state senator -- other flags were lowered to half-staff, but the Confederate flag was not. "Guess it struck this thug as somehow inappropriate," said Patrolman Lindsay "Lins" Dill, one of the first police officers to respond to the assault on the flag.

Not everyone is content to dismiss the perpetrator as a thug. "If this boy was (an African-American)," said local hairdresser Marjorie T. Collins, who heard the gunshots while using the toilet after a Statehouse tour, "Then we're talking domestic terrorism." 

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