North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, a Democrat, said on Saturday he had ordered other Confederate monuments to be moved from the State Capitol grounds to "protect public safety"."I am concerned about the dangerous efforts to pull down and carry off large, heavy statues and the strong potential for violent clashes at the site," Cooper wrote on Twitter.
People film the only statue of a Confederate general, Albert Pike, in the nation's capital after it was toppled by protesters and set on fire in Washington early on Saturday.The governor's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on where the statues were taken.
well the statues need to go and new ones of Dr. King need to be there BlackLivesMatterAustralia
Destruction of statues is destruction of history. We need to recognise the failings of our past, not attempt to erase history. I hope this does not happen in Australia. If we decide public display is not suitable then relocate the statues or put them in a statue museum.
The war is here.
I find it hard to believe that the American civil war was actually about the abolition of slavery
The real question is, why has there ever been statues to these traitors?
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