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The 10 grade student, who is white, walked into the school’s cafeteria after being dropped off that morning before school, and was confronted by two black students about the Confederate flag displayed on his backpack.

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley signed the measure Thursday ordering the flag flying over the state Capitol, which has been there since 1961, to be lowered by Friday.

Ms Haley said the flag will be brought “down with dignity and put it in its rightful place”. Then, photos surfaced of the suspect, Dylann Roof, posing with Confederate flags and other Civil War symbols, and burning an American flag. They agreed then to move it to a...