The Internet Is Here For The Black Woman Who Took Down The Confederate Flag: 15 Of The Best #FreeBree Twitter Reactions

Yes. I hope I get the call to direct the motion picture about a black superhero I admire. Her name is @BreeNewsome. pic.twitter.com/BgMeaNsbYk

— Ava DuVernay (@AVAETC) June 27, 2015

“I am coming down. I am prepared to be arrested.” ~@BreeNewsome Wow. This is a phenomenal woman. Wow. #FreeBree https://t.co/viKktAPbXl

— Michael Skolnik (@MichaelSkolnik) June 27, 2015

Ha! Many levels remain. #StayWoke #FreeBree https://t.co/GATPuvwCxB

— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) June 28, 2015

Beautiful Bree makes a good case for Black girl fitness-neva know when you have to climb a poll & tear some racists ish down #FreeBree

— MichaelaAngela Davis (@MichaelaAngelaD) June 27, 2015

Friends of @BreeNewsome – I will pay her bail money or any legal fees she has. Please let her know this. #Charleston #TakeDownTheFlag

— Michael Moore (@MMFlint) June 27, 2015

#FreeBree – cuz a black woman’s only gonna wait BUT so long before she takes matters into her own hands. #lioness

— Malinda Williams (@MalinsWorld) June 27, 2015

@BreeNewsome is a hero. I support her. Having that flag fly over the funerals in SC was a national disgrace. #FreeBree

— Gabrielle Union (@itsgabrielleu) June 27, 2015

If you kill one American soldier, you go to jail. Kill 112,000 American soldiers: Your flag is still flying 150 years later. #FreeBree

— JRehling (@JRehling) June 27, 2015

1845: Chief Hone Heke cut down British flag in New Zealand 2015: @BreeNewsome tears down Confederate flag #FreeBree pic.twitter.com/0Xm5QKQKyZ

— Rāwinia Thompson (@rawiniathompson) June 28, 2015

This was done as an act of non-violent resistance and nothing else. It’s the one of the boldest things I’ve ever seen pic.twitter.com/ee331c0Ox9

— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) June 27, 2015

And here is the @NAACP statement re: @BreeNewsome. #FreeBree pic.twitter.com/8QYg2cL7o9

— deray mckesson (@deray) June 27, 2015

Her actions represent a nation that is saying NO MORE of letting this symbol of white supremacy fly. #FreeBree

— Chirlane McCray (@Chirlane) June 27, 2015

Instant photo of how to raise daughters. #FreeBree pic.twitter.com/Irs9qAKLpN

— Michelle (@Michelle9647) June 27, 2015

Slavery was legal. Hunting runaways was legal.Jim Crow was legal.Legality is not compass of morality nor true indicator of justice #FreeBree

— Halema (@_HalemaW) June 27, 2015

“She needed a superhero so she became one.” #FreeBree pic.twitter.com/ifh4FChDot

— Rahiel Tesfamariam (@RahielT) June 27, 2015

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