From 100-year-old monuments to a state flag, a total of 45 have been removed or relocated from public spaces, the SPLC reported. And another 14 have been renamed, such as schools and roads.The controversy surrounding these symbols was once again thrust into national debate following Floyd's death. The 46-year-old Black man spent the last minutes of his life with an officer's knee pressed to his neck.
Read More"These statues, although symbolic, have cast a shadow on the dreams of our children of color," Stoney said."Let me be clear, removing these monuments is not a solution to the deeply embedded racial injustices in our city and nation, but is a down payment."And on May 31, when protesters took matters into their own hands to remove a 115-year-old monument in Birmingham, Alabama, Mayor Randall Woodfin told demonstrators he would"finish the job" for them.
Confederacy were Democrats
The comments in here tells people a lot!
You Americans are in deep deep trouble.... You can't change history... only learn from it.
i like this
What change has happen to the lives of Americans because of this? I only see destruction of property and history.
Democrat party was huge on slavery and yet they haven't been banned yet. hypocrites
Why do you want celebrate losers? Tear them all down.
Democrats were the confederate though ? Abe Lincoln was a republican
It’s ridiculous that there’s any.
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Forty down. Too many more to go. 1is2many
Good, they were all democrat kkk statues that todays democrats are desperately trying to erase their own segregation and slavery past. Lincoln was a Republican! Won't work though!