Fox News Flash top headlines for June 23
Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com.
A viral video of a Black Lives Matter demonstration outside a Confederate-themed store in Branson, Mo., shows a woman holding a Confederate flag while appearing to berate protesters and proclaim her support for the Ku Klux Klan.
Some 65 BLM supporters had assembled outside a Dixie Outfitters to protest the store, the Springfield News-Leader reported. About 50 counter-protesters were there to show their support for the store and the Confederate flag, according to the paper.
GRAPHIC LANGUAGE WARNING:
In the viral video, a woman can be seen sitting on the tailgate of a truck in the parking lot of the store while BLM protesters can be heard off-camera. Other people draped in the Confederate flag can be seen in the background, while a police officer stands by.
At one point, the woman stands up holding the Confederate flag and tells the protesters: “I will teach my grandkids to hate you all.”
She tells the protesters, “suck on this,” as she turns around and shrouds herself with the flag. She then appears to turn around, hold a fist in the area and shout: “KKK belief.”
FLOYD FAMILY ATTORNEY WORRIES US COULD REPEAT HISTORY AFTER REMOVING CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS
Heated exchanges continued between the two groups as Branson police officers stood between them, the News-Leader reported. The demonstrations ended without incident around 7:30 p.m.
As of Tuesday, the video has been shared nearly 23,000 times, and shared by high-profile celebrities like rapper Ice T.
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
The demonstration comes amid a nationwide push to take down Confederate monuments in the wake of George Floyd’s death in the custody of a white Minneapolis police officer.
