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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsProtesters pull down Confederate statue in Richmond's Monroe Park
By SABRINA MORENO Richmond Times-Dispatch 1 hr ago
Update 10:45 p.m.: Protesters toppled a Confederate statue from its pedestal in Monroe Park on Saturday night.
After a day and evening of peaceful protests and marches in Richmond and its suburbs, protesters using ropes pulled down a statue honoring Confederate Gen. Williams Carter Wickham, which has stood in the park since 1891.
Most of the protesters who had marched through the city Saturday night had already dispersed when the statue was taken down. After it fell, one person urinated on the statue and then ran away.
About an hour after the incident in Monroe Park, nearly 40 cars were seen surrounding the Lee statue, blocking traffic along Monument Avenue.
https://www.richmond.com/news/local/update-protesters-pull-down-confederate-statue-in-richmonds-monroe-park/article_8e071910-e47f-5114-bb05-325e39fc20fd.html
Update 10:45 p.m.: Protesters toppled a Confederate statue from its pedestal in Monroe Park on Saturday night.
After a day and evening of peaceful protests and marches in Richmond and its suburbs, protesters using ropes pulled down a statue honoring Confederate Gen. Williams Carter Wickham, which has stood in the park since 1891.
Most of the protesters who had marched through the city Saturday night had already dispersed when the statue was taken down. After it fell, one person urinated on the statue and then ran away.
About an hour after the incident in Monroe Park, nearly 40 cars were seen surrounding the Lee statue, blocking traffic along Monument Avenue.
https://www.richmond.com/news/local/update-protesters-pull-down-confederate-statue-in-richmonds-monroe-park/article_8e071910-e47f-5114-bb05-325e39fc20fd.html
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Protesters pull down Confederate statue in Richmond's Monroe Park (Original Post)
greyl
Jun 2020
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Hoyt
(54,770 posts)1. All for removing/destroying/defacing racist memorials.
Dont think well miss, or forget, the heritage of hatred.
Shoulda happened in 1892.
greyl
(22,990 posts)3. I'm reeeealy hopeful about November lately.
We'll still need to figure out how to communicate with and educate Trumpists IRL locally.
Iggo
(47,597 posts)4. Feeling better about it every day.
Skittles
(153,310 posts)5. not a big fan of vandalism but........
I have hard time drumming up any concern for.......confederate statues.
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)6. I like it.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,485 posts)7. Aw schucks
What ever will the white supremacist's do?
Vdizzle
(383 posts)8. They will live and work in Minnesota and register and vote in Florida.
And then claim the democrats are the ones committing voter fraud.