bransonglobe.com NATIONAL Woman arrested in hitand-run at Indiana protest INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana woman was arrested in a hitand-run crash that sent one woman to the hospital and caused minor injuries to a man during a southern Indiana protest over the assault of a Black man by a group of white men, sheriff’s officials said Thursday. Christi Bennett, 66, was booked into the Monroe County Jail early Thursday on preliminary charges of criminal recklessness and leaving the scene of an accident, Deputy Barry Grooms said. She was released a couple of hours later on $500 cash bond. Authorities expect prosecutors to file formal charges later, and Bennett is scheduled to appear in court on July 17. Bennett could not immediately reached for comment. The confrontation happened near the Monroe County Courthouse in Bloomington, about 50 miles southwest of Indianapo• FLAGS Continued from page 20 Today’s KKK still uses the battle flag, which also is part of the emblem of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a Southern history and heritage organization. A similar group for women, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, uses the first Confederate national flag, which has two red stripes, one white stripe and a blue square with stars. CONFEDERATE NATIONAL FLAGS LARGELY FORGOTTEN While the battle flag is recognized almost universally as “the Confederate flag,” its association with hate and white supremacy has taken a toll. The flag has lost much of its official prominence, a trend that accelerated during protests over the police killing of George Floyd in Minnesota. With biracial and bipartisan support, Mississippi last month retired the final state flag with the rebel design. Meanwhile, Confederate nationlis, on Monday evening. A 29-year-old woman was injured when a car accelerated into her, launching her onto the hood, police said. A 35-year-old man then grabbed the driver’s side of the car and held on as the vehicle continued to accelerate. Both were eventually flung to the ground and the car fled the scene, they said. The woman was knocked unconscious and suffered a cut to her head, while the man scraped his arm. The protesters had gathered in Bloomington on Monday to demand arrests in an assault on Vauhxx Booker, a civil rights activist and member of the Monroe County Human Rights Commission, by a group of white men at Monroe Lake near Bloomington over the Fourth of July weekend. The FBI has said it’s investigating the reported assault. al flags like the “Stainless Banner” and the “Blood-Stained Banner” or the unofficial “Bonnie Blue Flag” are virtually unknown to many. Southern historical parks and museums, some of which perpetuated the lost cause mythology, often display and store them, but generally without the controversy attached to the battle flag. Georgia’s current state flag, adopted after the state removed the battle flag from its state flag in 2003, even includes the design of the first Confederate national flag, the “Stars and Bars.” While some complained that the new design also was Confederate, the national flag design generally doesn’t have the “racist associations” of the battle flag, Ansoff said. The state flags of Alabama and Florida resemble the battle flag, with a red X on a white background; Florida’s also has a state seal in the middle. Both one-time Confederate states adopted the flags while the “lost cause” movement was growing after the war. July 10 - 11, 2020 • 21
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