Protestors demand removal of Sul Ross statue at Texas A&M

[Ex Lurker]

https://www.kbtx.com/content/news/Sully-statue-on-Texas-AM-campus-found-defaced-with-graffiti-571156991.html

Someone overnight or in the early morning hours spray painted the word racist on the base of the Lawrence Sullivan "Sul" Ross statue.

The letters BLM and ACAB were also seen spray painted in red. The body and face of Sully was also targeted with red paint and what appears to be a rainbow-colored wig.

Campus employees quickly covered the statue with a tarp after it was discovered just after sunrise.

Texas A&M University President Michael K. Young issued a statement Tuesday, saying they "became aware of the incident this morning and have immediately begun to engage experts to assess damage to the statue. We ask our Aggie community for peaceful discourse.”

Lawrence Sullivan Ross was a Brigadier General during the Civil War and commander of the Texas Cavalry Brigade. After the war, he served as a Texas state senator, governor of Texas and, ultimately, president of the troubled Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, which eventually became Texas A&M University.

[Vogon_Glory]

1. Ah, the statue at College Station

I thought activists might have gone after some statuary at Sul Ross State off in Alpine in far west Texas,