BREAKING: Charleston, South Carolina, officials say they will defy state law and remove a statue of slavery advocate John C. Calhoun. The moves comes on the fifth anniversary of a racist attack that killed eight people at a Charleston church.

BREAKING: Charleston, South Carolina, officials say they will defy state law and remove a statue of slavery advocate John C. Calhoun. The moves comes on the fifth anniversary of a racist attack that killed eight people at a Charleston church. https://t.co/eLPAf9mUqC

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