BuzzFeed - âNelson Mandela did great things for his country and was a brave man but he was not an AMERICAN!!!,â Sheriff Rick Clark wrote on Facebook. After the announcement of former South African President Nelson Mandela's death Thursday, President Barack Obama ordered flags be flown at half-mast until Dec. 9. Stringer / Reuters Friday afternoon, Sheriff Rick Clark of Pickens County, S.C., said on Facebook he would refuse to lower his flag for Mandela, who "did great things for his country and was a brave man but he was not an AMERICAN!!!" The comments below are generally supportive of Clark's position. View Entire List âº
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