Protesters blast Emancipation Memorial as Pres. Trump signs order to protect monuments.
"This statue right here embodies the white supremacy and the disempowerment of black people that is forced upon us by white people. That is why we are tearing this statue down," said 20-year-old organizer Glenn Foster at an earlier protest this week.
Protesters for and against the removal of the Emancipation Memorial debate in Lincoln Park on June 26, 2020 in Washington, DC.The funds to build the statue were collected exclusively from former slaves, NPS says, but the organization controlling the effort and keeping the funds was a white-run, war-relief agency based in St. Louis.
"You’re signing the Emancipation Proclamation, and you have somebody -- I think that wasn’t free and he’s getting up -- it’s the position of he’s getting up. He’s being freed by Abraham Lincoln," he said. Police stand by as protesters for and against the removal of the Emancipation Memorial debate in Lincoln Park on June 26, 2020 in Washington, DC.Trump earlier Friday tweeted that he canceled a trip to New Jersey because he"wanted to stay in Washington, D.C. to make sure LAW & ORDER is enforced."
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