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Delaware Governor Says Confederate Flags Should Be Taken Down

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Governor John Carney says he believes that confederate flags like the one in Georgetown misrepresent history and that they should follow South Carolina’s lead and take them down.

The Wilmington News Journal reports that the Delaware Democrat’s spokesman Jonathan Starkey clarified Carney’s statement saying that it was inappropriate for public property.

But he went on to say that Delawareans have a right to display flags on their private property even if they are offensive to others.

Meanwhile, Reverend Christopher Bullock, pastor of Canaan Baptist Church in Wilmington, told the News Journal that taking down confederate monuments was not enough.

He said there must be a fight against rolling back affirmative and increasing barriers to the ballot as well as fighting for reforming the criminal justice system.

Don Rush is the News Director at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.