A man and a woman were arrested this week on suspicion of vandalizing a University of North Carolina memorial that is dedicated to slaves and other African-American workers who helped build the university
Ryan Francis Barnett, 31, and Nancy Rushton McCorkle, 50, were arrested Monday by UNC police, accused of vandalizing the Unsung Founders Memorial on the early morning of March 31 on the Chapel Hill campus, the school said.The memorial was defaced with"racist and other deplorable language," interim Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz said in a message posted on the university's website. The memorial has since been cleaned, he said.
Protesters knock down Confederate statue at UNC 00:52The statue was not returned to its original spot, and in January, the university removed the rest of the Confederate monument, taking its base and commemorative plaques to an undisclosed location. The university chancellor at the time said the monument's presence was too controversial and caused too much disruption.
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