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Ku Klux Klan Confront Black Activists In South Carolina During Confederate Flag Protest

Ku Klux Klan And Black Activists Lock Horns In South Carolina
Paul Vale
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Ever wondered what it would look like of a rabble of white supremacists confronted black activists in a Southern US state still reeling from the racially motivated murder of nine African-Americans? A bit like Saturday when the Black Educators for Justice faced off against the Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in opposing rallies outside the South Carolina Statehouse -- the scene of the recent felling of the Confederate flag, the subject of the KKK's protest.

The South Carolina Department of Public Safety estimated the crowd at approximately 2,000. Spokeswoman Sherri Iacobelli said five people were arrested and 23 people needed medical attention. No specifics were given on the type of treatment. Several people carried the Confederate flag along the margin of the crowd at the black educators rally. About 40 members of the KKK marched up the Capitol steps and waved flags. Many in the crowd jeered.

Two men who were involved in a scuffle were led away by police. During the rallies, Leroy Smith, director of the Department of Public Safety and who is black, was seen helping a white man wearing a T-shirt bearing a swastika get out of the heat. Governor Nikki Haley earlier in the week urged residents to avoid the KKK rally, adding that doing so would honour the nine people shot and killed at a predominantly black church in Charleston last month.

KKK And Black Activists Clash
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A Ku Klux Klan member shouts racial slurs to African Americans at a Klan demonstration at the state house building on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)
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Ku Klux Klan members stage a demonstration at the state house building on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)
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A Ku Klux Klan member takes part in a Klan demonstration at the state house building on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)
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A Ku Klux Klan member takes part in a Klan demonstration at the state house building on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)
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Ku Klux Klan members depart the state capitol building under police escort following a Klan demonstration on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)
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Protesters shout at a Ku Klux Klan member at a Klan demonstration at the state house building on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)
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A Ku Klux Klan member shouts racial slurs to African Americans at a Klan demonstration at the state house building on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)
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Ku Klux Klan members take part in a Klan demonstration at the state house building on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)
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A Ku Klux Klan flies during a Klan demonstration at the state house building on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)
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Police try to separate protesters and Ku Klux Klan members during a Klan demonstration at the state house building on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)
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Ku Klux Klan members give the Nazi salute during a Klan demonstration at the state house building on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)
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Neo Nazis (National Socialist Movement) take part in a Ku Klux Klan demonstration at the state house building on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)
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Police restrain a protester as Ku Klux Klan members depart the state capitol building after a Klan demonstration on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)
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A Neo Nazi stomps on an Israeli flag after ripping it up at a Ku Klux Klan demonstration at the state house building on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)
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Counter protesters and Ku Klux Klan members argue at a Klan demonstration at the state house building on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)
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Ku Klux Klan members take part in a Klan demonstration at the state house building on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)
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A Neo Nazi (National Socialist Movement) member speaks with a South Carolina state policeman at a Ku Klux Klan demonstration at the state house building on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)
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Ku Klux Klan members take part in a Klan demonstration at the state house building on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)
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Ku Klux Klan supporters depart the state capitol building following a Klan demonstration on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)
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A member of the Ku Klux Klan gives a Nazi salute as the Klan members fly the Confederate flag during a demonstration at the state capitol building on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)
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Protesters try to chase Ku Klux Klan members as they depart the state capitol building after a Klan demonstration on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)
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A Ku Klux Klan supporter carries the Confederate flag during a demonstration at the state capitol building on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)
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A Confederate flag supporter weeps during a Black Educators for Justice rally at the South Carolina state house on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)
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A man holds a Confederate flag during a Black Educators for Justice rally at the South Carolina state house on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)
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People chant 'Black Power' during a Black Educators for Justice rally at the South Carolina state house on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)
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A man holds a black power salute during a Black Educators for Justice rally at the South Carolina state house on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)
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People chant 'Black Power' during a Black Educators for Justice rally at the South Carolina state house on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)
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A man holds a Confederate flag during a Black Educators for Justice rally at the South Carolina state house on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)
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People attend a Black Educators for Justice rally at the South Carolina state house on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)
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A man holds a Confederate flag on the state house grounds on July 18, 2015 in Columbia, South Carolina. (credit:John Moore via Getty Images)

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