Confederate Monument Removed After Birmingham Mayor's Vow To 'Finish The Job'

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Confederate Monument Removed After Birmingham Mayor's Vow To 'Finish The Job'
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The mayor of Birmingham, Ala., vowed to remove a confederate monument from a public park after protesters tried to tear it down.

The Confederate Soldiers and Sailors monument in Birmingham, Ala., seen here in 2016, has been the subject of legal controversy in recent years.The Confederate Soldiers and Sailors monument in Birmingham, Ala., seen here in 2016, has been the subject of legal controversy in recent years.Piece by piece, authorities overnight began pulling down a 5-story-tall monument to Confederate troops that has stood for more than a century in Birmingham, Ala.

By the time the workers paused Tuesday morning, little was left of a spire that had become a lightning rod for controversy in recent years and a focal point for local protesters outraged byOn Sunday, the obelisk — known formally as the Confederate Sailors and Soldiers monument — was the site of a speech from Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, who pleaded with the crowd.

Some protesters had already vandalized the obelisk and toppled another statue in the park, this one of the former Confederate officer Charles Linn.A statue of Charles Linn, a Confederate officer and a founder of Birmingham, sits toppled in the Alabama city Monday. The statue fell amid a night of unrest, during which Mayor Randall Woodfin pleaded with protesters to leave the other monument in Linn Park untoppled for now and"allow me to finish the job for you.

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