UNC Police investigating flag theft, along with racist vandalism

Sometime early on Sunday, a custom-made UNC System flag was removed from a flagpole in front of the UNC System Office in Chapel Hill.

Jason Tyson, a spokesperson for UNC System, confirmed on Friday that the flag, which is valued at $603.72, was removed and remains missing. He also said that at about 2 p.m. on Sunday someone driving past the office building noticed a Confederate flag flying.

“It was one of three flagpoles we have on the grounds,” Tyson said. “We have the state flag of North Carolina, the United States flag, and the system flag — that’s a custom-made flag. That flag was gone, and in its place was a Confederate flag. UNC-Chapel Hill police took the Confederate flag down and got rid of it.”

Tyson added that he wanted to emphasize that the UNC System “would never fly the Confederate flag.”

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