Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muhurukuro kuState Senate muna Chikunguru 2015, Thurmond akadaidzira kuti mureza weConfederate ubviswe zvachose kubva kunzvimbo yeState House. Kufamba kwacho kwakatangwa nokupfura kwakaitika pachechi yeEmanuel African Methodist Episcopal muCharleston
iyo yakaitika mwedzi wapfuura, umo vanhu vapfumbamwe - kubatanidza shamwari yaThurmond Clementa Pinckney - vakaurawa. Kuurawa kwacho kwakaitwa nomurwiri wehutongi hwevachena Dylann Roof, uyo akanga ari muoneki akatanhamara weflag.