Posted on 08/20/2018 10:21:24 PM PDT by Simon Green
Chapel Hill, N.C. — Protesters on Monday night toppled the controversial "Silent Sam" statue on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
More than 300 protesters first gathered at the Peace and Justice Plaza at about 7 p.m., before marching to the base of the statue, calling for its removal. By 9:30 p.m., the statue was on the ground and the crowd erupted in cheers.
"Silent Sam" had been standing on the UNC campus since 1913.
Gov. Roy Cooper issued a statement Monday night, saying that he "understands that many people are frustrated by the pace of change and he shares their frustration, but violent destruction of public property has no place in our communities."
Protesters first sectioned off the area around the controversial statue with large banners, blocking it from view. Throughout the course of the evening, people in the crowd speculated about what might be going on behind the banners, but no one confessed to knowing the plan.
People chanted "stand up, fight back" and "hey, hey, ho, ho, this racist statue has got to go." Many also held signs.
WRAL's Candace Sweat said she saw a rope that was connected to something behind the banners, and that she heard a creak before the statue came down.
At one point, there were tense moments between protesters and police officers. Protesters deployed smoke canisters.
One person was arrested and charged with resisting arrest and for concealing one's face during a public rally.
Around 9 p.m., protesters left the base of "Silent Sam" and marched to Franklin Street, where they formed a large circle in the street, briefly blocking the intersection of Franklin and Columbia.
Once it was on the ground, protesters were shoveling dirt on top of it and stomping on it.
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We used to call them vandals.
If they keep pushing, the Deplorables will probably see their violence and raise them...
The police come after the statue is torn down where were they before the statue was torn down unbelievable
> Gov. Roy Cooper issued a statement Monday night, saying that he “understands that many people are frustrated by the pace of change and he shares their frustration, but violent destruction of public property has no place in our communities.” <
What a worthless and cowardly statement. But he is a Democrat. So I am not surprised.
‘The police come after the statue is torn down where were they before the statue was torn down unbelievable’
punctuation exists for a reason...
“Once it was on the ground, protesters were shoveling dirt on top of it and stomping on it.”
Crazed.
This is what they hope to do to us. Literally.
NEVER give up your guns.
So where is our resident south bashing gang
They should be here to celebrate
There is a list on my homepage....maybe I should courtesy ping them
And why did the cops not stop this? It took time to get up there with a rope, back up a vehicle, etc.
My ancestors fought for the Union, and I hold no brief for the Confederacy, but I absolutely hate this Orwellian rewriting of history by the Left today.
Our lintard cities such as Comrade Hill North Carolina tell their cops to stand down when commies are working
Just like Seattle and Portlandia and Berkeley
Not Nashville...leftist town today as well but they shut down Antifa quick and they moved on
We have such pockets of truly ignorant people in our populace these days, it boggles the mind.
Too many good men and women gave their lives in fighting the Taliban to tolerate this bravo sierra.
The cops (or at least their commanders) should be fired!
What if a group decided that LBJ was the principal destroyer of the black family, and therefor his statutes should come down too?
Whups, that’s “statues”. (But maybe LBJ’s *statutes* SHOULD come down!)
The Demonrat Governer Cooper who won his election through vote fraud could have called out the State Troopers or the National Guard to prevent this violence from happening but that would have hurt his constituents on the left.
The only good thing is that most North Carolinians = many who once were tried and true Demonrats = won’t like this criminal violent action. These thugs have just insured that NC will remain a very red state.
You’re right.
This is an example of people not really having any real or serious problems.
Obviously none of their ancestors gave “all” in the first civil war. They have no respect for the dead and want to resurrect the old wounds which have divided this nation before.
They are the lowest of the low and they are going to push us into another civil confrontation. If our nation stands united under God none of these tyrant bastards will live to see the day a statue is erected in their honor.
They cover their faces and dishonor the dead of the past with their feeble acts of vandalism and violence. Meanwhile, real men are waiting patiently to defend their God-given freedoms and feed the tree of liberty. How much longer will they tolerate the tyranny and destruction of our nation? Only God knows...
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