Group raises Confederate flag near interstate in North Carolina

HILDEBRAN, NC (AP) — A group called the Sons of Confederate Veterans has raised a 20-foot-by-30-foot Confederate flag on an 80-foot pole near an interstate in North Carolina.

WSOC-TV reports that the flag was raised near Interstate 40 in Burke County on Friday. The area is between Asheville and Winston-Salem.

The flag has gone up as Confederate statues are being taken down across the southern U.S. and in other parts of the country.

Many Americans have been protesting police brutality and racism following the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died in Minneapolis police custody.

The large Confederate flag in North Carolina is on private property.