this morning, new details over a dispute over the confederate flag flying near an orangeburg restaurant is unfolding before a circuit court judge. we are continuing here at an appellate hearing today. i m standing before martin luther king jr. quote which says injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere and i feel that too on my heart. there s a real assault on our traditions, our history, and particularly the confederacy. jury duty. tommy daras vs. city of orangeburg. when i ride by there and i see that flag, i think about the fact that, as a kid, i used to ride by there and be afraid. this is not a challenge to just the flag on a flag pole. we are challenging the underlying use of the property. and now as a man, i get to ride by there and think, i could play
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
the city administrator, none of them are helping to get this thing going. i think they ve got someone telling them, make sure it don t come down. but i don t know if i ll ever get to the bottom of that. it sucks. the controversy over a confederate flag continues tonight. justin and i have tried to exhaust all reasonable avenues, and it s just not working. tommy daras is now threatening to remove the flag and confederate marker himself. maurice bessinger planned it just so he could shove that flag up everybody s ass in the city of orangeburg for eternity. daras says he sent the sons of the confederate telling them if they want their flag and marker, they need to come and get it. what if i donate this whole property to the sons of the confederacy and they put flags and swastikas and what the hell ever, is the city going to be okay with that?