Monday, June 8, 2020
So, Ending Police Brutality Means "Vandalizing" Confederate Statues and Pulling Them Down in Virginia
And, I use the word "vandalizing" in the headline in italics because it is actually a hate crime.
From the June 7, 2020, Vox "Protesters tore down a statue in the former capital of the Confederacy. More to follow" by Riley Beggin.
A picture of the "protesters" at the "vandalized" Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond accompanies the article. I will put that picture at the top of the blog for a few days in case you haven't seen the "vandalism." The picture was taken by Ryan McKelley
"Protesters toppled the statue of a Confederate general in Richmond, Va., Saturday night (June 6) it was the latest of a number of monuments to the former slave-owning South to be pulled down by protesters and public officials as people nationwide demand racial justice and an end to police brutality.
"The protesters defaced the statue of Confederate Gen. Williams Carter Wickham in the city's Monroe Park., which sits on Virginia Commonwealth University campus, before using ropes to pull it down.
One person reportedly urinated on it before running away.
--Old Secesh
Labels:
Floyd George,
protesters,
Richmond Va.,
riots,
statues,
Virginia
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