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Alabama protesters tried to remove a Confederate monument but the mayor told them he would finish the job
CNN ^ | June 2, 2020 | Harmeet Kaur

Posted on 06/02/2020 6:46:10 AM PDT by C19fan

The mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, is vowing to remove a 115-year-old Confederate monument from a public park after protesters attempted to tear it down.

Demonstrators at Linn Park took aim at the Confederate Soldiers & Sailors Monument, dedicated in 1905, on Sunday during a protest over systemic racism and police brutality in the aftermath of George Floyd's death.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: History; Society
KEYWORDS: confederate; race; riot

1 posted on 06/02/2020 6:46:10 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Oh, like the taliban?


2 posted on 06/02/2020 6:50:32 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: C19fan

Whitewashing their DUmocrat legacy?


3 posted on 06/02/2020 6:51:48 AM PDT by RasterMaster ("Towering genius disdains a beaten path." - Abraham Lincoln)
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To: C19fan

This is apparently turning into a revolution and no one has the backbone to organize and put a stop to it.


4 posted on 06/02/2020 6:52:18 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

More like The Purge: mindless poorly directed rage. It’s interesting what happens to people when they are locked up for a couple of months.


5 posted on 06/02/2020 7:01:45 AM PDT by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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To: C19fan

Mayor of Birmingham (D) 2020
Mayor of Birmingham (D) 1905

Let the Democrat take down the monument another Democrat put up.


6 posted on 06/02/2020 7:07:27 AM PDT by vg0va3
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To: C19fan

Keep caving in to the mob and see what you’re left with.


7 posted on 06/02/2020 7:09:09 AM PDT by G Larry (The People must shutdown the tyrants.)
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To: C19fan; All

Here in Bentonville, AR (WalMart ground zero) there is a statue of a Confederate soldier on the town square.
The Daughters of the Confederacy owns the statue; the square is owned by the city.
The Daughters of the Confederacy will be moving the statue to a “private garden”.


8 posted on 06/02/2020 2:54:05 PM PDT by mozarky2 (Ya never stand so tall as when ya stoop to stomp a statist...)
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