Police called to calm crowd after fight over Confederate flag in Columbia (PA)
Posted: Monday, August 10, 2015 6:19 pm
Updated: 7:37 pm, Mon Aug 10, 2015.
By CINDY STAUFFER
A Confederate flag displayed on a pickup truck sparked a fight that drew a crowd in Columbia late Monday afternoon.
Police from several departments responded to calm the crowd, closing off a block of Walnut Street. Emergency dispatches indicated there were people with knives in the area.
Columbia Mayor Leo Lutz said a man parked his truck, displaying a large Confederate flag in its bed, in the 500 block of Walnut Street.
"Another individual was a little upset, and ripped the flag off," he said. "That caused a fight between two of the individuals" ...
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