Daras ignored the flag until " shortly after the massacre at Mother Emanuel , members of the Sons of Confederate Veterans showed up , took down the flag , and replaced it with a new one that was three times as big . “ Before , I ’d just sucked it up , but then it was , like , ‘ Man , I ’ve got to try to do something here , ’ ” Daras said , explaining that he could no longer abide “ this huge flag sticking up in the air telling everyone to screw themselves . ” " Daras -- whose business suffered due to perceived association with the flag , yet was also criticized for wanting it gone -- hired a lawyer to find a way to compel its removal . However , in 2017 , the Orangeburg zoning board rejected the legal argument that the flagpole did not comply with the site ’s business zoning requirements
the massacre at Mother Emanuel
Charleston church shooting
Maurice Bessinger