In Charleston, South Carolina on Saturday morning, Ann Lee Walters, while in traffic, stopped her vehicle at Murray Boulevard and East Battery and ripped a Confederate flag tag from the truck behind her.
ABC News reports that the owner of the truck tried to note Walters' license plate number. As he was doing so, Walters backed her car into the truck which caused him a minor knee injury. The truck owner, however, told authorities that he thought Walters did not intend to strike him or his truck.
Walters fled before authorities arrived.
Now, Walters is being charged with vandalism and with leaving the scene of the accident.
This is not the first time that individuals have taken upon themselves to remove any public displays of the Confederate battle flag symbol.
In 2015, Jamari Williams initiated a trend on Facebook called the "no flagging challenge." This led to social media followers to strip vehicles of the symbol.
The most widely known occurrence of this is when Bree Newsome, a black activist, climbed a flagpole at the statehouse in Columbia, South Carolina. She then removed the Confederate flag that was hoisted in front of the building.
At the time, the Washington Post reported Newsome as saying,"We removed the flag today because we can't wait any longer. We can't continue like this another day … It's time for a new chapter where we are sincere about dismantling white supremacy and building toward true racial justice and equality."
Newsome was arrested and charged with defacing monuments on capital grounds. Newsome and her male collaborator who helped her execute the plan were released after supporters donated money to post for their bond.
Just days after her arrest is 2015, she further explained her decision to take down the flag:
“You see, I know my history and my heritage,” Newsome told the Blue Nation Review. “The Confederacy is neither the only legacy of the South nor an admirable one. The southern heritage I embrace is the legacy of a people unbowed by racial oppression."
Clearly, Ann Lee Walters feels the same way.
And though she may be the most recent person to prominently battle against the symbol of the CSA, we're sure she won't be the last.