“Cotriss explained that the flag was part of her history, part of the South, part of history involving the Civil War. She denied having negative feelings regarding the flag,” according to the report.

And when the detectives told her that the flag had been a symbol used by Dylann Roof, who [is accused of executing] nine African American church worshipers in Charleston, S.C. , according to the report, she said she was “not aware of its relation to the shooting.

“Cotriss was asked as a police officer, how could she not have known about the Confederate flag and its negative connotations,” according to the report. “She said that she was unaware until the investigator brought it to her attention.”