In Birmingham, Alabama, a Confederate monument was at the center of Sunday night’s protests over the killing of George Floyd, when rioting demonstrators tried to tear down an obelisk that has for years sparked controversy
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After the chaotic scenes, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin said the city would remove the controversial—in violation of Alabama state law—bringing an end to years of tension surrounding its presence. The monument became the subject of intense debate following the 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, with the city’s former mayor placing plywood around it before the Alabama legislature forbade all municipalities in the state from removing any Confederate monument, with the penalty for violation being a $25,000 fine.in the protests Sunday night, with numerous pieces of stone falling off, which some then used to inflict property damage at local businesses.
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