A confederate battle flag was stolen off private home in Glasgow with an expletive accompanied by the words “u racist” spray-painted on a boat on the property.
The homeowner Barry Binkley Jr. told the Wilmington News Journal that he had flown the rebel flag at the home for more than 15 years.
He added that he had never had any complaints.
But the incident comes amidst a backlash against the flag after the killing of nine people at a black church in South Carolina.
Personal pictures of the shooter were found displaying the rebel flag.
And it has touched off a movement to remove it and other confederate symbols from public property.
