Richmond's statue of A.P. Hill is being removed as I type this

[Yonnie3]

For those who want to follow this there is a Twitter thread from a local

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[Proud to be Woke]

1. To think someone was killed over such an issue

I will never forget Heather Heyer being killed because of the planned removal of a Confederate officer statue in Charlottesville, 2017. I recall the mayor of Baltimore quietly contracting for the removal and relocation of many statues there, about a week later, so the same thing might not happen there. Whether it would or not is conjecture now, because she took them down!

[Yonnie3]

3. I knew Heather when she was a child

Heather Heyer was killed because fascists, racists, and other extremists chose to pretend their rally was about a statue. It wasn't about a statue.

The A. P. hill statue removal was delayed because of court battles. Hill's remains are there.

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[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. Yeah