Held for nine murders in Charleston, South Carolina, Dylann Roof has also fired up passions in the United States over the flying of a southern battle flag.<br /><br /> It dates from Civil War America’s Confederate States, whose cornerstone was “that the Negro is not equal to the white man” — in the words of 1861 Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens. <br /><br /> The Southern cross — a dark blue saltire studded with 13 white stars, against a red background — may be a symbol of pride to many, but to protesting rights advocates that pride is misplaced.<br /><br /> Cornell William Brooks, NAACP President, speaking at a peaceful demonstration in Columbia, SC, said: “When we see that symbol lifted up as an emblem of hate, as a tool of hate, as an inspiration for hate, as an inspiration for violence, that symbol has to come down! That symbol must be removed from our state capital!”<br /><br /> South Carolina is the only state that still flies the traditional battle flag just in front of the state government building, next
