South Carolina sheriff refuses to lower flag for Mandela

The U.S. flag flew high out of doors a sheriff's place of business in South Carolina on Monday in defiance of an order from President Barack Obama to lower all flags in reminiscence of the late South African chief Nelson Mandela. Pickens County Sheriff Rick Clark mentioned he believed the decreasing of the flag to half-team of workers was once a tribute that should be reserved for U.S. voters. "To indicate an indication of admire for what Nelson Mandela's finished, I haven’t any problem with lowering it in South Africa, in their us of a," Clark told a local television station. "However in our usa, it must be the individuals, personally, who have sacrificed for our u . s . a .." On Friday, the sheriff's flag flew at half of-staff in honor of a South Carolina law enforcement officer who was killed within the line of responsibility and it remained diminished through Pearl Harbor Day on Saturday.