D.C. protesters pull down, burn statue of Confederate general
WASHINGTON — Protesters toppled the only statue of a Confederate general in the nation's capital and set it on fire on Juneteenth, the day marking the end of slavery in the United States, amid continuing anti-racism demonstrations following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Eyewitness accounts and videos posted on social media indicated that police were on the scene but didn’t intervene. President Donald Trump quickly tweeted about the toppling, calling out D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and writing: “The DC police are not doing their job as they watched a statue be ripped down and burn. These people should be immediately arrested. A disgrace to our Country!"
The Pike statue has been a source of controversy over the years. The former Confederate general was also a longtime influential leader of the Freemasons, who revere Pike and who paid for the statue. Pike’s body is interred at the D.C. headquarters of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, which also contains a small museum in his honor.
Racial tensions in the country hit a boiling point and spilled into the streets after Floyd's killing late last month. Video showed a white police officer pressing his knee against Floyd's neck for nearly eight minutes as the handcuffed Black man said, “I can't breathe.” The officer, Derek Chauvin, has been charged with murder.
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