N Carolina protesters hang Confederate statue from post

[shotten99]

Source: AP/Yahoo News

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Protesters in North Carolina's capital pulled down parts of a Confederate monument Friday night and hanged one of the toppled statues from a light post.

Demonstrators used a strap to pull down two statues of Confederate soldiers that were part of a larger obelisk near the state capitol in downtown Raleigh, news outlets reported.

Police officers earlier in the evening had foiled the protesters' previous attempt to use ropes to topple the statues. But after the officers cleared the area, protesters mounted the obelisk and were able to take down the statues.

They then dragged the statues down a street and used a rope to hang one of the figures by its neck from a light post. The other statue was dragged to the Wake County courthouse, according to the News & Observer.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/n-carolina-protesters-hang-confederate-130548855.html

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Hallelujah!

[tanyev]

1. Yowsah!

[mnhtnbb]

2. Here he is on the original monument

This is his buddy on the other side of the monument



And this is a view of the entire monument




I live in downtown Raleigh. The grounds of the State Capitol--where this monument is located--are just a few blocks from my apartment building. Took the above shots on Wednesday, when i went for a walk through the area.

I posted some photos from the walk I did Wednesday here: https://www.democraticunderground.com/103676393

[reACTIONary]

5. Thanks, good to have local knowledge. nt

[Wednesdays]

3. I couldn't tell from the article when that monument was built

I have a hunch that the monument and statues were placed there during the KKK revival of the 1910's-1920's. In which case, it's doubtful anyone involved had even met a Confederate veteran, let alone one that died in the war.

[hardluck]

4. 1895

Although that really doesn’t change the tenor of your post. Probably coincided with the birth of the Daughters of the Confederacy and definitely was concurrent with the firm rooting of Jim Crow laws.

[reACTIONary]

6. The rest of the story...