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Alabama governor orders Confederate flags removed from state capitol

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Alabama governor orders Confederate flags removed from state capitol

"I am very proud of the governor," said Doug Jones, a former U.S. attorney who prosecuted the 1963 bombing of a black church in Birmingham, Alabama by Ku Klux Klan members killed four black girls.

"There's a pretty strong movement now. It's just tragic that it took the death of nine people to make people start realizing that flag is a symbol of hate," Jones said in a phone interview.
[FONT=Helvetica Neue, HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif]The Confederate flag controversy is the latest flashpoint in a year of intense debate over U.S. race relations, sparked by the killings of unarmed black men by police officers in a number of cities, including Ferguson, Missouri; New York City and Baltimore. The outcry has prompted protests under the banner "black lives matter."[/FONT]
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Well this was unexpected. However, it is welcomed. Could this the first of many? We'll see.
 
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