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“I’m born and raised right here in Goose Creek and seeing that sign day in and day out reminds me of what took place June 17,” Bryan Sharper, Berkeley County Interim President of National Action Network told WCSC-TV.
The sign is associated with the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a group that meets within city limits once a month.
NAN members claim they’re okay with the group’s name staying on the sign but say the Confederate flag should be removed.
This move comes after the June 17th shooting where police say Dylann Roof entered the Emanuel AME Church in downtown Charleston and shot to death nine black churchgoers. Shortly after the shooting, photos emerged online of Roof proudly displaying the Confederate flag.
Roof allegedly committed the massacre because he wanted to start a “second Civil War” among the races.
“If the Statehouse can bring it (Confederate flag) down, I feel that the local cities should be able to bring that sign down as well,” Sharper told The Post and Courier.
However, Goose Creek Mayor Michael Heitzler believes the flag emblem should stay.
“Everybody I ever knew is offended about something,” Heitzler told WCIV-TV. “Some people are offended about people because they get offended about things.”
While Heitzler says he doesn’t want the flag emblem or any other sign to offend people, it’s going to happen.
“We all just need to put our big boy pants on and carry on and do the right thing as Americans. Not as politically correct Americans, but as Americans who enjoy free speech,” stated Heitzler.
According to the paper, NAN officials also plan to visit Moncks Corner and Mount Pleasant officials to urge them to remove the flag emblems on their welcome signs.
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