the sons of confederate veterans. the confederate battle flag is the soldier s flag. our ancestors. that s why we re so proud of it. to you sons of confederate veterans, it is your duty to see that the true history of the south is presented to future generations. and that s what we try to do. and it s a tough job. there s a picture of maurice. we was down there right where the flag pole is, selling confederate stuff. i m maurice bessinger, chairman of the board. the south shall rise again. 236. mr. maurice was a member of this camp. he owned and operated nine barbecue restaurants in south carolina. and one in orangeburg too. after almost four decades and
and i go and look out my door and there s a pickup truck pulling into my driveway in the back. did somebody come to the wrong house at night? i don t know. but when you pair that with what was going on, it makes you a little nervous. that s my babies. i ve had conversations with people, they see the fight that we re in with the sons of confederate veterans over the zoning, and they literally are, like, wait. isn t orangeburg, like, 60% to 70% black? why is bringing down that flag even a topic of discussion? it should have been down. and you just have to let them know that white supremacy has its roots everywhere, orangeburg, it s no different.
a role to make it go away. that s a pretty dope dream. so the judge, she s going to review? she s going to go through the argument that was made today, she s going to look at the record and then she s going to reach a decision. we re going to have to wait. sometimes i wonder if old maurice isn t up there chuckling. he s doing all right. the sons of confederate veterans have staunch feelings about the fact that some of their ancestors fought in the civil war for the confederacy. but if you were to give half of those members the original documents of south carolina seceding from the union, most of them probably either haven t
battle over a confederate flag in orangeburg. the flag flies atop this pole, right next to the edisto river creamery. the sons of confederate veterans own the tiny piece of property where the flag stands. that flag is not mine. it s a piece of property that the confederate veterans own. initially, daras accepted the flag, but that changed in the aftermath of the 2015 church shooting in charleston. breaking news. mass shooting in downtown charleston. nine people have been killed inside an african american church in charleston. white man is under arrest, dylann roof. investigations uncovered a photo of him posing with a confederate flag. after the charleston