The statue of the president of the Confederacy was toppled shortly before 11 p.m. and is on the ground in the middle of an intersection, news outlets reported.
By Associated Press Jun 10, 2020, 11:24pm CDT
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A monument to Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Richmond, Va., is covered with graffiti on May 31, 2020, after overnight protests over the death of George Floyd. AP
RICHMOND, Va. — A statue of Jefferson Davis was torn down along Richmond, Virginia’s famed Monument Avenue on Wednesday night.
The statue of the president of the Confederacy was toppled shortly before 11 p.m. and is on the ground in the middle of an intersection, news outlets reported.
Richmond police were on the scene.
In Portsmouth, protesters beheaded and then pulled down four statues that were part of a Confederate monument on Wednesday, according to media outlets.
The Virginia-Pilot reports that efforts to tear one of the statues down began around 8:20 p.m., but the rope they were using snapped.
The crowd was frustrated by the Portsmouth City Council’s decision to put off moving the monument. They switched to throwing bricks from the post that held the plaque they had pulled down as they initially worked to tumble the statue.
The Pilot reports that they then started to dismantle the monument one piece at a time as a marching band played in the streets and other protesters danced.
A flag tied to the monument was lit on fire, and the flames burned briefly at the base of one of the statues.
A statue of Christopher Columbus in Richmond was torn down by protesters, set on fire and then submerged into a lake on Tuesday. News outlets reported the figure was toppled less than two hours after protesters gathered in the city’s Byrd Park chanting for the statue to be taken down.
Southerners are rightfully outraged at this and will rebuild.
RICHMOND, Va. — A statue of Jefferson Davis was torn down along Richmond, Virginia’s famed Monument Avenue on Wednesday night.
The statue of the president of the Confederacy was toppled shortly before 11 p.m. and is on the ground in the middle of an intersection, news outlets reported.
Richmond police were on the scene.
In Portsmouth, protesters beheaded and then pulled down four statues that were part of a Confederate monument on Wednesday, according to media outlets.
The Virginia-Pilot reports that efforts to tear one of the statues down began around 8:20 p.m., but the rope they were using snapped.
The crowd was frustrated by the Portsmouth City Council’s decision to put off moving the monument. They switched to throwing bricks from the post that held the plaque they had pulled down as they initially worked to tumble the statue.
The Pilot reports that they then started to dismantle the monument one piece at a time as a marching band played in the streets and other protesters danced.
A flag tied to the monument was lit on fire, and the flames burned briefly at the base of one of the statues.
A statue of Christopher Columbus in Richmond was torn down by protesters, set on fire and then submerged into a lake on Tuesday. News outlets reported the figure was toppled less than two hours after protesters gathered in the city’s Byrd Park chanting for the statue to be taken down.
Southerners are rightfully outraged at this and will rebuild.
States rights not slavery heritage not hate!
ReplyDeleteShameful, this is where historical ignorance, and bigotry leads. And if authorities continue to give thugs like these "room to destroy" the worse it will get
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ReplyDeleteThe second part of the tactic is one of erasing disapproved ideas from cultural memory. Stalin used falsification and censorship to rewrite history. The Taliban going after Buddhist statues and “progressive” useful idiots being manipulated to tear down Confederate monuments are more recent and current examples.
Pretty soon there will have been no Civil War at all and a new narative will be written
ReplyDeleteSpeaking only for myself, statues are a waste of money and idol worshipping :-\
ReplyDeleteIf people want them, they should be free to worship them. :-\
To Paraphrase the incestuous Congresswoman from Minnesota, "a bunch of people, in gray colored uniforms, did something"
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