Mississippi Burning: 60 years

The Ku-Klux-Klan-Leader Edgar Ray Killen has been sentenced to 60 years in jail for manslaughter. He was found guilty of killing three white students in the "Freedom Summer" of 1964. Read CNN.com on that story

There are two things which irritate me the most about this case. First, that the KKK-Killers were supported by the local police. The three students were arrested for improper driving. After the arrest an officer informed the KKK about the whereabouts of these three students. So the clansmen were ready when the police released them a few hours later. The rest of the story you know...

Second, the flag of the state of Mississippi: it is still the Confederate 'Stars and Bars' flag and the Confederate battle flag. In April 2001 a vote was held if Mississippi should get a different flag. Why did the voters wanted to keep a flag which is so obviously connected to racism and slavery?