Activist group "Disarm NYPD" has announced a new protest event ahead of Independence Day: "Burn the American Flags," during which activists will set fire to the nation's "symbol of oppression."

TheBlaze reports:

A group calling for the immediate disarmament of the New York Police Department plans to burn American flags in a Brooklyn park on Wednesday, just days before the Fourth of July holiday.

Organizers said accused Charleston shooter Dylann Roof wasn’t an “isolated actor,” but a “product of a consistent pattern of state-sponsored terrorism and radicalized dehumanization in America.” The event originally was aimed at burning the Confederate flag, but later changed to focus on the stars and stripes.

Echoing Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, the group's Facebook page declares that it isn't enough to take down the Confederate flag. The only way to "put an end to white supremacy once and for all" is to "tear down this system of oppression." Here's the full post:

On June 17th, white supremacist Dylan Roof callously murdered nine black churchgoers in Charleston, South Carolina. As people across many cities have mourned and demonstrated in solidarity with the victims and their families over the past week, the Confederate flag - a symbol of racist oppression and hatred - remained raised on the South Carolina State House grounds.

We cannot ignore the roots of Dylan Roof’s savagery in America's long history of institutionalized racism and murderous violence against black people. The Confederate flag, which Dylan Roof proudly displayed, is a lasting symbol of slavery, segregation, and the racist exploitation that still dominates our society. Dylan Roof isn't an isolated actor - he is a product of a consistent pattern of state-sponsored terrorism and racialized dehumanization in America. Still today, because of the color of their skin millions are imprisoned, thousands are executed in the street by police, and those that escape death and torture are harassed daily. There will be no peace until we tear down this system of oppression. It isn't enough to take the flag down; we must put an end to white supremacy once and for all.

Please join us on July 1st, at 7:30PM, at the intersection of Myrtle and Washington Park, to demonstrate for the Charleston nine and all of those killed by racist violence in America. We will set fire to this symbol of oppression - the American flags - and march to honor our brothers and sisters who have fallen in the long struggle for freedom. Rise up!

#BurnThatFlag
#FeelTheBurn

​Here's the online flyer for the event: