Here's a look at some of the cities where protesters have ripped down statues, regardless of local officials' responses.
has been reignited amid demonstrations across the country against racial inequality and police brutality, groups of protesters in some cities have taken it up themselves to remove the statues before states and localities intervene.in Richmond, Virginia, on Wednesday night and a brass cast of Charles Linn, a captain in the Confederate Navy, ripped from its base in Birmingham, Alabama, among others.
But as all statues remained by Wednesday night, a group of protesters took action into their own hands.reported a small group of people with tools and rope brought the statue down using a car.The day prior, protesters eyedin Byrd Park. The group used ropes and placed a sign on the statue that read,"Columbus represents genocide" as the statue was spray painted. When it was finally toppled, the group lit it on fire and rolled it into a lake.
The statue, which has been spray painted and beheaded before, will be fully taken down by city officials and placed into storage as its future is determined, mayor Marty Walsh said.Four statues at a Confederate memorial in Portsmouth, Virginia, just outside of Norfolk, had their heads removed by a group of protesters Wednesday night, theA tow rope was used to topple one of the statues, but a man was hit on the head as it fell, the newspaper reported.
The statue was overturned on a state holiday commemorating Jefferson Davis' birthday. It is one of three Alabama holidays celebrating the Confederacy.Birmingham, Alabama, protesters rip down Linn statue; city takes down obelisk
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