Several Confederate monuments across the South have been attacked by demonstrators amid protests against police killings of Black people, sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis
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In Birmingham, Alabama, protesters used ropes and a truck to yank a statue of Charles Linn off his pedestal to the ground, face down. Linn was one of the founders of Birmingham and a supporter of the Confederacy.— Daniel Uhlfelder June 1, 2020 Statues in Richmond of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Jefferson Davis and Gen. J.E.B. Stuart in Richmond were all graffiti-bombed.— Natalie May 31, 2020“BLM” and “traitors” were spray-painted on the Confederate Defenders statues in Charleston, South Carolina.
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