Protesters in Raleigh replace the inscription on a Confederate monument with a memorial for George Floyd

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As Confederate statues are coming down across the nation, protesters in downtown Raleigh took it upon themselves to put a new plaque on a monument at the North Carolina capitol building inspired by George Floyd

As Confederate statues are coming down across the nation, protesters in downtown Raleigh took it upon themselves to put a new plaque on a monument at the North Carolina capitol building.

The protesters told CNN affiliate WNCN on Thursday that the new insignia was inspired by George Floyd, and they believe it is a nonviolent way to update and change the meaning of the movement. Confederate statues are coming down following George Floyd's death. Here's what we knowPart of the inscription reads:"We recognize the breakdown and the buildup and the change that has been put into motion.

 

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And they were all Demorats

Wow, is it more riots.......

Stone Mountain

Yah All, Dixie Diggers are gonna need a new place to live here, shortly ! ! Folks just ain't hankerin' tah put up widd your racesistin' and KKK Wo-downs anymore ! Yah All Kom ! ! Or better still, Yah All GO (some damnwhere's ELSE) ! !

It's time to tear down ALL symbols of racism!

CNN spreading more love.

Everyone who really want to contribute to avoiding the deaths of people in clashes with the police, the first thing have to support is THE RESPECT AND OBEDIENCE TO THE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS! Any different accion is just communist desestabilización!!

What's next? Egypt and Greek relics? They had slaves too. Or Jewish people toppling anything German. What about people that have BO. Should they be shunned. What about farm tools that the slaves had to use. Burn them too? Where does it stop?

How dare they? Reminds me of the contrived plaque that was an add-on to the original Statue of Liberty. Emma Lazarus' poem,'The New Colossus' ('Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free') hijacked the original intent-to celebrate end of slavery.

The pyramids were built by slaves should we remove them🤔

Idiots

While we are removing things with a racist past we may as well remove the Democratic Party, it is after all the party of the ku klux klan, and slavery. Just sayin.

Yes, George Floyd is such an inspiration. He served 5 years in prison for putting a gun to a pregnant woman's stomach, served 8 other prison terms for drugs and theft, and was a porn actor. He died with fentanyl and meth in his system. What an inspiration!

Floyd was a convincted criminal and a drug addict.....just saying

With all these empty pedestals, we should put Trump states on them all

This doesn't read how it's supposed to!

I guess if people don’t like the new plaque they can also tear it down?

If they keep removing Southern statues, erasing history we will forget that there were slaves, then they would lose their excuse for their plight.

Please help expose racist youtuber 'Black men kill black women all the time y'all can stay shot up' - Brianna Morena / Brianna Slaughter (on youtube/twitter) and she pretends to be an advocate for BlackLivesMatter please share and expose!

Derek Chauvin....registered Democrat with all Democrat bosses

Change is happening because of us!

CNN is getting their wish. The end of America.

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