Dee ihe ga-eso paragraf a - N'afọ 2015, mgbe a gbachara ya égbè
na Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church na Charleston, nke gburu onye otu Senator Clementa C. Pinckney, Peeler mere ntuli aka megide iwepu ọkọlọtọ Confederate. Peeler ji iwepụ ya tụnyere "iwepụ egbugbu n'ahụ onye a hụrụ n'anya nwụrụ anwụ ma chee na nke ahụ ga-agbanwe akụkọ ọnwụ onye ahụ a hụrụ n'anya". Ọ bụ otu n'ime naanị ndị omeiwu steeti atọ ka ha votu megide iwepụ ya, abụọ ndị ọzọ bụ Danny Verdin na Lee Bright. Afọ iri na ise tupu mgbe ahụ, Peeler bụ otu n'ime ndị omeiwu asaa nke mere ntuli aka megide iwepụ ọkọlọtọ ahụ site n'elu South Carolina Capitol Dome na ụlọ abụọ nke South Carolina Legislature gaa n'ọnọdụ ya ugbu a na isi obodo, na-ekwu na iwepụ ọkọlọtọ ahụ ga-eme ka mmekọrịta agbụrụ ka njọ. Ntuliaka nke afọ 2000 bụ nkwekọrịta dị n'etiti ndị na-emegide ọkọlọtọ na ndị na-akwado ọkọlọtọ n'ihi mkpọsa akụ na ụba nke steeti ahụ.