In Birmingham: Fires, windows shattered at banks, businesses as reporters attacked
Source: Al.com
Protesters on Sunday evening began trying to tear down a Confederate monument in a downtown Birmingham park.
Later, the protest turned violent as demonstrators turned and attacked several members of the media, including from AL.com. At least one TV reporter was struck in the head with a bottle.
The monument withstood attempts to bring it down before Birmingham’s mayor asked the crowd to leave before police were to step in. The Thomas Jefferson statue at the Jefferson County Courthouse, adjacent to the park, was damaged about 10 p.m. after someone set a fire at its base and several windows in the courthouse were broken by rocks thrown in the demonstration.
Police moved into the park minutes later and demonstrators moved a block south of the park on 6th Avenue North at 20th Street North where they burned a flag on a pole at the Wells Fargo building. Demonstrators also spray painted windows and broke out windows in the ground floor of the skyscraper where some entered the building.
Read more: https://www.al.com/news/2020/05/protesters-trying-to-take-down-confederate-monument-in-birmingham.html
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