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A woman climbed a flagpole and cut down the Confederate flag in front of the South Carolina statehouse Saturday before promptly being arrested and seeing the banner raised again less than an hour later.
Bree Newsome, dressed in climbing gear, spoke respectfully with police gathered at the base of the flag pole as she continued to move ever closer to the flag. A video of her climb captures Newsome, a resident of Raleigh, North Carolina, talking to police from about two-thirds the way up the 30-foot pole, evidently acknowledging her imminent arrest.
"I know sir. I'm prepared", she says.
"Ma'am, come down off the pole", the officers yell as passing motorists honked their horns at the scene.
"You cannot get to me with hatred and oppression and violence", Newsome shouted as she cut the flag down. "In the name of God, this flag comes down today."
The New York Daily News identifies the woman as Brittany Ann Byuarium (Bree) Newsome of Charlotte, NC and continues
[...] When she reached the bottom, State Police took the flag out of her hands and arrested her. Another North Carolina activist, James Tyson, climbed over the four-foot wrought-iron fence and held the pole to make sure Newsome didn't fall, Lewis said. He was arrested alongside Newsome as a group of onlookers cheered off camera. The 30-year-olds were charged with defacing a monument on state Capitol grounds, a misdemeanor that can bring up to three years in prison and a $5,000 fine.
A judge ordered $3,000 bond for each of them and said they were free to travel to other states.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 29 2015, @04:15AM
For those who would complain that "News for Nerds" (y'know, the other site) should mention some gadget, that was in the final line of the submission. [soylentnews.org]
-- gewg_
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Monday June 29 2015, @05:15AM
A 'prussik' as you call it is a type of knot - it is hardly a 'gadget' gewg_
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 29 2015, @05:41AM
...and, when a climber refers to the concept, he's talking about a rig that has such a no-slip thing at one end, with the other end of the "gadget" attached to his foot.
They are used in pairs, 1 for each foot, and perhaps even a third attached at the waist for an additional margin of safety.
-- gewg_
(Score: 2) by janrinok on Monday June 29 2015, @08:42AM
The one's that I have only have a carbon fibre bar to create a stirrup at one end - the prussik knot I have to tie at the other. I know people who simply climb with a loop instead of a stirrup. We will have to agree to disagree whether it is a 'gadget' or nothing more than a piece of climbing line or cord. :)
Jumars are much more commonly used nowadays - but I still have the carbon fibre bars which I used to carry for emergencies only. I fear that my climbing days are now behind me.
(Score: 2) by SecurityGuy on Monday June 29 2015, @03:18PM
Nope, a prusik is a knot, not the associated other stuff you might attach to it. I've been a climber for decades and have ascended ropes like this a number of times, though I use the kleimheist, which is a very similar knot.
Using two on the same rope is dangerous, though. If the top one slips, it pushes down on the bottom one, releasing it. It's better to use a friction knot and an ascender, though if you happen to be stuck with just a couple slings, I guess you make do with what you have.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Runaway1956 on Monday June 29 2015, @06:20AM
Seems more a nautical term, or a survivalist term, or even a logging term. Mountain climbing has things in common with all of those fields. Tech? Hmmm - - - mountain climbing precedes the invention of computers, or even internal combustion engines by a few millennia, I believe. Knot tying almost certainly predates the pyramids and the first calendars.
I remember my days aboard ship, when the bosun's would gather up, and practice their knot tying. Even the dumbest of the deck apes would eventually learn their knots, even the ones who found it difficult to walk and chew gum at the same time. No tech skills required.
http://www.frayedknotarts.com/military.html [frayedknotarts.com]
(Score: 1) by khallow on Monday June 29 2015, @02:13PM
I remember my days aboard ship, when the bosun's would gather up, and practice their knot tying. Even the dumbest of the deck apes would eventually learn their knots, even the ones who found it difficult to walk and chew gum at the same time. No tech skills required.
Tech is most certainly involved. It just has a clean and easy to understand UI.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 29 2015, @02:50PM
The bosun's what?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 30 2015, @03:19AM
The bosun's what?
Too much to expect proper grammar from Runaway, but I imagine it was the "Bosun's Mate", since Runaway really is opposed to gay marriage. It would ruin the Navy, and tie the country into knots!!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 29 2015, @03:28PM
should mention some gadget
That is *seriously* stretching it. You know it. You are acting like someone in 7th grade who figured out a loophole in the rules but then get mad when the teacher enforces them anyway. You can do better.