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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Thu Jun 11, 2020, 05:15 PM Jun 2020

Jefferson Davis statue torn down in Richmond, Virginia

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Protesters tore down a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis along Richmond, Virginia's famed Monument Avenue on Wednesday night.

The statue in the former capital of the Confederacy was toppled shortly before 11 p.m., news outlets reported.

Richmond police were on the scene and videos on social media showed the monument being towed away as a crowd cheered.

About 80 miles (130 kilometers) away, protesters in Portsmouth beheaded and then pulled down four statues that were part of a Confederate monument on Wednesday, according to media outlets.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/jefferson-davis-statue-torn-down-in-richmond-virginia/ar-BB15jThH?li=BBnb7Kz

Only in America do we erect monuments to traitors.

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Jefferson Davis statue torn down in Richmond, Virginia (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2020 OP
excellent gopiscrap Jun 2020 #1
I wonder when Stone Mountain will be defaced Shermann Jun 2020 #2
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