Line of residents in Durham, NC attempting to turn themselves in

[HAB911]

for 'crime' of removing Confederate Monuments

Link to tweet

[eShirl]

1. I'm Spartacus

[packman]

27. Damn, you beat me to it

[MuseRider]

2. That is awesome!

Can I turn myself in for the crime of wishing I was there with them?

[California_Republic]

10. Our crime? We weren't there to help

[calimary]

49. No kidding. If I were there, I'd BE there too.

[onetexan]

61. OMG i'm moved to tears

Thank you to the brave people of Charlottesville standing up for their beautiful city. One of my friends attended UVA and her heart is breaking from the events unfolded the past several days.

[SusanaMontana41]

87. Me too. Decency in every form always did tug at my heart

but especially so now. The good guys showed up.

If I weren't living in a cabin in a forest I'd be there, too.

Here's a hug for you.

[Cosmocat]

57. Yeah it is

I do think the people who did it need to be held accountable to the law, but this is a really great thing.

[MuseRider]

62. I'm not crazy about

people doing that either. It is so much better and makes a bigger statement if they stand together and demand their local government do it. They do not need these statues for remembering history, it is absurd.

When watching the video they all looked like students. I remember feeling very connected to my friends during the Vietnam war. We protested but never were violent or destructive but I do remember those feelings of being in a group with such an emotional tie. These days acting out seems the norm and is not always a good thing.

All in all I can forgive them with all the recent uprising and fear and anger but yes, they do need to think it out a little better. Acting on sheer emotion might feel good but I am not certain it gets the real point across well. Times have changed, this may just be my inner fuddy duddy speaking.

[Cosmocat]

67. Nah

not a fuddy duddy.

The pretty clearly got caught up in the moment, but you are right, have to do it the right way, get active in working to have it taken down by the local government.

[The Mouth]

76. Fine them... one penny

Personally, I'd frame the citation

[Hoyt]

3. Perfect. Thank you North Carolinians!!!

[leftstreet]

4. I am Spartacus!

Nice tweet and responses!

[Weekend Warrior]

5. K&R nt.

[workinclasszero]

6. These people are beautiful!

Stuff like this gives me hope for this country. God bless you folks!

[iluvtennis]

15. +++ agree

[sarge43]

31. Second that.

A blessing on their house.

[bigtree]

7. beautiful

[Hugin]

8. Bravo!

[treestar]

9. so cool!

[nolabear]

11. I lived in Durham for years. It's quite the liberal bastion in NC.

Three college towns in a tight triangle gives rise to a shocking amount of thinking.

[TryLogic]

19. A wonderful thing, thinking.

[pangaia]

32. And some not so shoddy basketball, if that actually matters.

Which it sure don't..

[bluepen]

60. UNC (Chapel Hill), followed by Duke (Durham). NC State (Raleigh) not so much.

[melm00se]

85. Don't forget NCCU

[murielm99]

12. I wanted to go get my husband to show him this,

but I am crying.

[handmade34]

17. me too

[workinclasszero]

13. This needs to be on DU's front page

IMO.

I love these people!

[Duppers]

14. Hallelujah! 😀

What are the authorities going to do NOW!

[johnp3907]

16. I am Spatacus!

[workinclasszero]

18. I am Spatacus!

[Old Vet]

23. What a fantastic idea, I should call from ny and turn myself in also.......

What brave americans

[workinclasszero]

25. People like this make life worth living

IMHO.

God bless them all!

[Squinch]

20. That makes me tear up. I was so hoping that would happen!

[Lucky Luciano]

21. This rocks! Amazing. nt

[workinclasszero]

22. To the wonderful people of Durham NC down at the courthouse turning themselves in..

[NastyRiffraff]

24. Beautiful!

These people are heroes.

I'm so proud of all the people standing up to the madness. They are the hope for our country.

[Blue_true]

26. Great picture.

I also like what the Mayor of Baltimore did, removed those disgraceful statues, ALL of them.

[Bladewire]

28. Inspiring!

Made my day thank you

[TNNurse]

29. I love these people.

Real Americans.

[progressoid]

30. Holy Shit!

[floWteiuQ]

33. Heroes.....

One and all!

[calimary]

50. Welcome to DU, floWteiuQ!

That, they are! I can only guess that there are probably millions of other Americans who are there with them in spirit.

And the law that I think Virginia has on the books now, thanks to the GOP, that mandates those "monuments" not be touched or defaced or removed - THAT has to be done away with, TOO. How many other state legislatures in the South have laws like that on the books? ALL of such stupid-ass laws have to be done away with. Left in the garbage. With those hurtful mementos of slavery, division, human degradation, and TREASON.

[floWteiuQ]

89. Thanks....

And agreed!

[L. Coyote]

34. Wish I were there.

Link to tweet

[renate]

42. slightly OT, but that's a great tweet! n/t

[handmade34]

43. excellent

[Solly Mack]

44. I am in love with that tweet.

[calimary]

51. WOW.

Indeed!!!

What an OUTSTANDING tweet!!!

[docgee]

35. K&R. This is awesome! eom.

[Richard D]

36. This made my eyes get wet.

[hibbing]

37. Incredible! n/t

[ananda]

38. Wow is right!

I'm loving this!

[leftynyc]

39. First time I've smiled

in days. That's beautiful.

[marybourg]

40. Wow. Best thing I've seen

in a long tome. I teared up also.

[spanone]

41. K&R...

[lindysalsagal]

45. Through my tears: This is the greatest thing I've seen in years.,

Wow! Those people are why I'm proud to be american!!!! Beautiful!!!!

[MichMan]

46. Are they all planning to plead guilty? nt

[L. Coyote]

52. Hopefully, each is asking for a seperate trial by jury.

And then the state has to present evidence against them.

[socialist_n_TN]

78. This is what I would recommend........

Clog up the court system. I just talked to a couple of young comrades today who were both arrested, one in D.C. on Inauguration Day and one at Standing Rock and they BOTH asked for jury trials. Instead the charges against both were dropped during their first appearance. Well first appearance after they made bond anyway.

That's the idea with mass civil disobedience like this. You make the system incapable of handling the traffic.

[MichMan]

83. Except they were not even charged in the first place

Trying to understand the logic here

1) "I was wasn't charged with any crime, but arrest me anyway because I did it"

followed by;

2) "I plead not guilty and demand a jury trial because I didn't do it"

[sinkingfeeling]

47. Beautiful to see!

[lindysalsagal]

48. I sent it to Rachel.

[OxQQme]

53. Kinda reminds me of the story about

Willie Nelson's bus getting pulled over.
Cop say's, "who's weed is this?"
Everybody on the bus say's, "It's mine."

[Yonnie3]

54. Slate reports they won't accept their surrender.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/08/17/durham_activists_stage_spartacus_moment_over_confederate_statue.html

"The gesture remained symbolic when law enforcement officials declined to take anyone who hadn't had a warrant issued for their arrest into custody"

[HAB911]

58. Ran out of cells?

[oswaldactedalone]

55. AWESOME!

I lived in Durham for six years! One more great job, Durhamites!!!

[workinclasszero]

56. I AM SPARTACUS!

Link to tweet

[rurallib]

70. looks like most are wearing black shirts of some kind

coincidence or on purpose?

[crosinski]

63. It's always the quiet ones you have to watch out for.

They're just calmly making a point and taking a stand for the kind of America they want this place to be.

They're makin' me cry!

[randr]

64. This IS the street theater that is needed to bring down the Trumpocracy

[docgee]

65. I want to rec this hundreds of times.

[HAB911]

66. I reced it for you!

LOL, hope no one complains!

[Scurrilous]

68. K&R

[bora13]

71. cop to it all

i'd be all like yah, i did this and i did that.
Opened a door for a black elderly lady,
contributed money to 1% protesters,
slapped a nazi 3x.

[Persondem]

72. Nice to see. Thank you for posting K & R nt

[Honeycombe8]

73. Book 'em and fine 'em. It's a rare day when money shows up at your door.

I hope the city takes advantage of that. It should help pay for any damage and refurbishment work to the area.

[AtheistCrusader]

74. I hope the city leaves a bare fucking crater where every single statute stood.

[Honeycombe8]

77. It'd be cool if they could modify the statutes to be pro-inclusive.

Turn something bad into something good. Something people can be PROUD of.

[Ilsa]

82. How do you make a statue of a confederate general inclusive? nt

[Honeycombe8]

84. Modified. You know...you chisel something new out of the same stone. Waste not, want not.

Do we have to throw away EVERYTHING? There's no need. Re-use it. Or they might want to put it in a museum.

[Blue_Tires]

90. I'm pretty sure Durham isn't exactly hurting for pennies

[Honeycombe8]

91. No city can have too much money. nt

[KewlKat]

75. Wow just wow

[Warren DeMontague]

79. Wow. Damn.

Good for them!

[GaYellowDawg]

80. And here I didn't think anything could make me a Duke fan.

Wow. That is awesome.

[Blue Owl]

81. But their permits...

[Daddio7]

86. Fair game

Can any group remove any statue on public property if that group deems it offensive? Is there absolute right and wrong or does popular vote determine every bit of public policy?

[Lars39]

88. Lynching would have been the response if black people

had resisted these statues being installed.