A Black Lives Matter leader in Charleston was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct Wednesday after trying to snatch a Confederate battle flag at a protest — and getting caught on live TV.
Protesters gathered outside the College of Charleston during a speech by Bree Newsome, the filmmaker and activist who famously climbed a flagpole outside the South Carolina State House and took down its Confederate flag. The South Carolina Secessionist Party planned to demonstrate against the event.
Videos from the scene show one white protester, behind yellow police tape, hoisting a large Confederate flag as people off camera taunt him for having “no friends.”
Muhiyidin Elamin Moye — a Black Lives Matter leader who goes by Muhiyidin d’Baha — is then seen jumping the police tape and grabbing the flag in mid-air, right in front of a live news camera.
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