Michael Moore Offers To Pay BREE NEWSOME's Bail & Legal Fees!!!

[kpete]

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/27/woman-removes-confederate-flag-south-carolina-statehouse

Friends of @BreeNewsome - I will pay her bail money or any legal fees she has. Please let her know this. #Charleston #TakeDownTheFlag

https://twitter.com/MMFlint/status/614814840893255680

Updated to add this pic for the history books!

[restorefreedom]

1. awesome. n/t

[HassleCat]

2. Why was she taken into custody

The police in most places don't physically arrest people for these petty misdemeanors. They usually say, "You're under arrest," put the handcuffs on while they write a citation, then take off the cuffs and release the "perpetrator." I was a night watchman for campus housing, and this is what the police did whenever someone broke into one of vacant units to take a shower and camp out. Even if they did some physical damage to the apartment when breaking in, the police would not actual haul the off to jail. They issued them a summons to appear in court to answer charges of trespassing and vandalism, then let them go.

[longship]

8. Charged with "Defacing a monument"

We will see how far that charge goes given the events of the past couple of weeks, and given the governor's expressed intent that the flag should be taken down.

[kelliekat44]

11. She broke their law. nt

[Shoulders of Giants]

27. Her tax money is going to support a monument to a flag and army that enslaved her people.

That's much worse than breaking the law, in my opinion.

[valerief]

21. She's probably not white. nt

[ablamj]

25. Ding Ding Ding

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We have a winner!

[Travis_0004]

51. Didn't they also arrest the other person with her?

You know, the person who was white?

[uponit7771]

44. +1

[Mira]

57. She is a beautiful color

a courageous color to have done what she did and where she did it

[valerief]

64. Right, but the question was why she was taken into custody.

[Mira]

65. I'll be more careful in the future n/t

[IronLionZion]

50. If she were a man, it would be the morgue instead nt

[malaise]

3. Get thee to the greatest page

Great news

[libdem4life]

4. The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want... Thanks, Michael Moore. n/t

[spanone]

5. k&r...

[Laffy Kat]

6. Thank god they locked her up.

She sounds like a huge threat to public safety.

Christ.

[GOLGO 13]

7. This is probably a CYA thing for the police.

They know they are being watched.

[Submariner]

9. Locked her up

If this happened before the church shooting, I would not have been surprised to read that she was shot while climbing the flagpole.

She is lucky to be only jailed.

[sabrina 1]

13. I bet she didn't get any Burgers before being locked up!

[SunSeeker]

55. LOL

[calimary]

10. I'm kinda surprised others haven't stepped up to join him in this.

But Thank God for Michael Moore. I wish him HUGE wealth and financial security. Because I like what he does with his money.

There are some people who SHOULD be rich.

[narnian60]

46. +100

[LovingA2andMI]

12. The Bravery of Bree Newsome: Activist Takes Down Confederate Flag at South Carolina Capito"

*"Activist Bree Newsome climbed a flagpole in front of the Columbia, South Carolina capitol building early on Saturday, June 27, 2015 and removed the Confederate flag flying in front of the building.*"

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[kairos12]

36. Kind of reminds me of that man who stood facing

that tank in China.

[DonViejo]

52. ....

[Fumesucker]

14. Hmm Michael's Bus Position Index seems to have improved lately

It wasn't that long ago that Mr Moore was definitely "under"...

[riderinthestorm]

19. Lol! Yup!

[BeanMusical]

28. And he was repetitively called "fat", among other things, by some of his detractors.

[paleotn]

15. Glad to hear it......

....where can I chip in?

[paleotn]

18. Found it. Never mind. (nt)

[EndElectoral]

16. Great pix. Two African American officers waiting to arrest her for taking down the flag.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

23. I see a smile on the face of the Parks worker....

[Spitfire of ATJ]

24. My mistake. That's her PARTNER....

Newsome and James Tyson (right and left) were charged with defacing a monument and taken to jail by police.

[Hepburn]

17. KNR!!!!! N/T

[Thespian2]

20. K & R!!!!!

Thanks, Michael Moore...

[Spitfire of ATJ]

22. She came prepared....

[corkhead]

30. This pic reminds me of another iconic photo

[SoapBox]

31. +100

[dpatbrown]

43. First reaction

That was exactly my first impression. I was very moved by what she accomplished.
Thanks Michael Moore

[meow2u3]

45. It's more like this iconic footage

[Kalidurga]

54. My first thought as well.

I am very glad that she is getting public support to help her with her legal problems. It would be better of course if she had no legal problem to begin with because the flag hadn't been there to take down. But, this I will take this.

[AlbertCat]

26. Great civil disobedience!

Satyagraha

And being arrested only adds to the act, because it's part of the "theater" (I don't mean that in a derogatory way)

As long as she wasn't abused in any way and gets out on bail.... it's all part of the scenario.

That's why it takes courage.

[mercuryblues]

37. more like timing

Eddy took the flag down twice

(Columbia-AP) Jan. 31, 2005- The man who once climbed a flagpole on State House grounds and burned the Confederate flag has died.
<snip>

Eddy called himself the Reverend E.X. Slave, frequently walking alone around the State House in chains or with a ladder with protest signs in his fight against the Confederate flag.

He used that ladder in his most famous protest, climbing the pole in front of the State House in April of 2002 while wearing a black Santa suit and burning the flag.

He was arrested and banned from the capitol grounds after pleading guilty to defacing a public monument.

Judge James C. Williams suspended Eddy's two-year prison sentence to two years of probation on the condition Eddy stay away from State House grounds while on probation. The appeals court said security officers requested the restriction because Eddy previously had handcuffed himself to a monument on the grounds.

more at:
http://www.wistv.com/story/2880978/rev-ex-slave-who-set-state-house-flag-on-fire-dead-at-57

[Quayblue]

38. woah... thanks for this. nt

[SusanCalvin]

48. Many thanks to him.

It's the day-to-day stuff that eventually brings about change.

[BeanMusical]

29. Kick and R

[hopemountain]

32. thank you, ms. newsome & michael moore nt

[Liberal_in_LA]

33. ..

[lunatica]

34. Makes me proud of her

[mnhtnbb]

35. She's a film maker. I bet Michael LOVED this--not only for the politics--

but you know there is video to support it.

http://www.breenewsome.com/

[rhett o rick]

39. Love Michael Moore. See......progressives support social justice. nm

[Enthusiast]

41. Me too.

[Live and Learn]

56. +1 nt

[bravenak]

40. They better had bought her Burger King after the arrest.

[DinahMoeHum]

42. Woot woot!

[SusanCalvin]

47. I'm so grateful people are willing to do stuff like this.

Both Bree and Michael. Civil disobedience at its finest.

[LynneSin]

49. Thank you Michael Moore

[rocktivity]

53. Too late, Mike

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bail-for-bree-newsome#/story


rocktivity

P.S. I'm VERY glad to see that she used a helmet and appropriate equipment!

[Cosmocat]

59. Only a liberal!

lol ...

[Dorian Gray]

58. Class act

She's very brave.

[raouldukelives]

60. K&R You make change by being change. nt

[KingBob]

61. Mario Savio on December 2, 1964:

"There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part! You can't even passively take part! And you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels…upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you've got to make it stop! And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you're free, the machine will be prevented from working at all!"

[lupinella]

62. K&R

She is my hero!

[tavalon]

63. Thank you Michael

You and Bree are both stand up people.