Hundreds of protesters celebrated Juneteeth in Raleigh before the statues were pulled down.RALEIGH, N.C. -- Spectators in North Carolina's capital cheered Sunday morning as work crews finished the job started by protesters Friday night and removed a Confederate statue from the top of a 75-foot monument.
Sunday’s work follows the removal of two other Confederate statues on the state Capitol grounds in Raleigh on Saturday. A 2015 law bars removal of the statues without approval of a state historical commission, but Cooper said he’s acting under a public-safety exception to the law out of concern for the danger presented when protesters seek to topple the statues themselves.
In Baltimore, a statue and memorial to George Washington in a city park were vandalized with red paint. The Baltimore Sun reports that the memorial in Druid Hill Park in northwest Baltimore also had the words “Destroy Racists” and the initials for the Black Lives Matter movement written on the base.Baltimore removed several statues and memorials linked to the Confederacy in 2017.
As statues and memorials to the Confederacy have been targeted across the South, prompted by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, protesters have also at times targeted Founding Fathers who were slaveholders, including Washington.
MR ROY COOPER....HISTORY MATTERS
now, if we could only do that about trump
Monument to losers? Good riddance.
Oh, so now the cancel culture wants to cancel the lives of the men who died in the war. It was a flawed cause but this somehow seems wrong. Are they going to come after their families next?
When do we show our appreciation and remove a black statue. ? It’s only fair
They care nothing about racial injustice. They only care about the destruction of our culture..., a culture that has brought (and continues to bring) more equality, peace and prosperity to more of its citizens than any other in all of mankind’s history.
Do us a favor. Send these people back to reunite with their ancestors. They have a better world for them. We've got too many problems here.
Goon_Donovan23 Fuck the confederates
Good.
...White Duck Matter..¿
Good - let’s replace it with a monument for soldiers who fought for America. Not traitors and losers.
see.. with all the removals, how late our country is in making our cities fully representative of the land of the free and for all.. Our country has been riddled with this covered up history.. This change is monumental as the world continues to make progress
What is wrong with America!? From being a beacon of hope and leadership its going backwards with neanderthal mental health. America was built by the slaves. Isn't that makes it a symbol itself.? Can you delete all of it!!?
I wouldn't be in a rush to destroy the monument, in time it there could be a clamor to return it, like it or not, this is a part of history that made USA.
sosayu3 Maybe this time we will think ahead and also destroy the pedestals.
We use to respect men as soldiers, regardless of their cause. It is why German and Italian solders, POWs, are buried in National Cemeteries. We honor that they fought, not their cause.
Monuments to bigots.
Read 1984
selfdeclaredref Placating roving bands of monkeys is a huge mistake. They need a firm hand.
How many leftist bums would have been wiped out if they’d tried to pull that one down?
selfdeclaredref Public safety that's a bunch of crap he's a sell-out he should do his job and arrest hooligans that break the law and vandalize, don't cower to them like a beta male be a leader
Why is America erasing history? We should learn the history & make it better for everyone 😐
Had it attacked anyone before?
Refreshing
lol if roy didn't do it the people would for him and he knew it
We need to watch on American tourists here in Europe... There are many ancient slave owners statues here... like Julius Gaius Caesar, who by the way is responsible of our modern western calendar. Racist calendar ;D
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Reform of West education system and culture is required, which supreme white man over color man. So, abhorrent racism shall be removed from schools. Learn Islam, which fight racism 1400 years ago. Islamic principles need to teach in US schools as way of life and respect.
Almost like a fool descending an escalator.
Why repeat content
That's the biggest participation trophy I've ever seen. If you're going to attack your grandkids soccer coach for passing them out, be consistent.
Bend over once, the left nuts will keep pushing. truthoverfacts
To protect public safety. Let that sink in for a moment. for those that are thoroughly confused, Inanimate objects rarely attack us humans, but when they do, it is definitely a public safety situation. Lol.
You have no idea how wrong you are.
Roy Moore- from the land of ‘13 just ain’t that young in Alabama’.
Everyone feels safer when the inanimate object is displayed on private property.
Stupidity!!
HELL YEAH! Will this stop black on black crime? The 1 crime in America?
American Culture Revolution.
That monument was overcompensating anyway
Why is no one buying these up for $2 each and having the best frontyard ever
Great deed. Public safety comes first. Fk the confederacy and its racist minions! Aka realDonaldTrump
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Statue can’t fight back
Good
They are erasing OUR HISTORY! It wasn’t always a positive history but it’s not theirs to remove. Once it’s rewritten, we are doomed to repeat it. As we see with the Dems now, they’re literally doing exactly what Hitler did. Defund police. Program people. Divide by race. Wake up!
Please support us on the other side of the state in getting a confederate monument removed!
All this to please a few people why we all have to but up with shit why are a few special..... The government is gone to cause a lot of issue but letting all this happen I feel we will be more divided than ever.....
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If these statues were such a problem, you fill out a petition to get them taken down. That's the right way. This is the wrong way.
Union monuments only 🇺🇸
Damn all those who died am I right
Governor Cooper shouldn't bend for these ignorant people. Southern history is just as important as those whom think that they belong to another country...I say let go back to Africa...see how long they'll last there protesting the way of living is there...no democrats to shield.
Good riddance.
Remove statues to protect public safety but keep all these rioting hooligans in the streets. Makes sense.
why you American back to 1970s China
History is not to glorify them, it is to serve to explain who we have become. They are historical artifacts, they need to be preserved.
carterforva no need to commemorate people who fought our country to maintain slavery
“When you listen to fools. The Mob Rules.”
So stupid.
It’s a monument to thousands of men who died in the civil war, fighting for their state, their homes, their families. The cause they fought for may have been misguided but the senseless waste of so many young lives is still a cause for sadness. It should stay to remind us.
Erasing USA history..good or bad USA been best & God shed His Grace on USA..Kiss all good bye as cowardly government officials standby or even help with destruction of statues, monuments, etc and rewrite history.. What’s next..George Washington&Mt.Vernon.. Monticello.?!
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A liberal society does not have people burning books and taking down historical markers. Cooper is a NAZI fascist.
So history removed. I wonder what next generations will remember. Why not take it out of books too? Seems like everyone is kneeling. Look at Europe. Lots of history. You learn from it. Not remove the reminders. Since you don't want it repeated.
this monument definitely needed to go! confederate monuments have no place in america
We should take down the statues of the guy who watched his friend rape woman and cheated on his wife. He also denied gays rights.
About Time...Move Them...Dont Destroy Them .
carterforva Moved, not 'removed'
These really need to be placed in a museum, not as a racist thing but as an American history decree. If u forget the past it’s more likely to repeat itself. We don’t need that. God bless us all as Americans!!!
They should let the animals tear them down and hopefully take a few out when it falls.
I guess they'll put some famous coon up there...
Remove history and vow to cowards. They are tearing up non confederate statues. This is about earasing history. America is at war and people need to wake up.
History is gonna repeat it’s self
Gov. Cooper Joins the American Taliban!
all of them should be removed
In a way, cancel culture has turned Confederate soldiers into martyrs. Meanwhile, the race to the bottom continues....and there is no finish line...
We cannot improve unless we learn from past mistakes
To protect public property.
Tourism will start going out of business soon
Will you start burning books next..?
Please remove Democratic Party as well since they are the slave party.
I hope they destroy it
The destruction of America continues.
Could’ve just let it happen the cool way but whatever
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