Biden orders flags at half-staff to honor Atlanta shooting victims - China.org.cn

U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday issued a proclamation ordering flags to be flown at half-staff to honor the victims of the shootings in the Atlanta Metropolitan area.

According to the proclamation, U.S. flags will be flown at half-staff at the White House and other federal buildings and on military bases, as well as embassies and other facilities abroad, until sunset on March 22 "as a mark of respect for the victims of the senseless acts of violence perpetrated on March 16, 2021, in the Atlanta Metropolitan area."

Biden also altered the agenda of his pre-scheduled trip with Vice President Kamala Harris to Atlanta on Friday, postponing an "evening political event" and meeting instead with "Asian-American leaders to discuss the ongoing attacks and threats against the community," the White House said in a statement.