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10-12-2015, 07:30 PM
The confrontation in Douglas County took place on July 25 amid a national debate about the controversial flag triggered by the June killing of nine black churchgoers in South Carolina. A grand jury in Douglas County, in the northwestern part of the state, on Friday handed down indictments against 15 members of the group "Respect the Flag" for making "terroristic threats" in violation of the state's Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act, the AJC said, citing the district attorney's office. Cell phone videos posted on social media showed more than a half dozen pickup trucks flying the Confederate and other flags gathering on a grassy area and at least one racial epithet was heard, the AJC said.

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