Protesters topple Silent Sam Confederate statue at UNC
Protesters toppled the Silent Sam Confederate statue on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill on Monday night.
The monument was ripped down
after 9:15 p.m. Earlier in the evening, protesters covered the statue
with tall, gray banners, erecting “an alternative monument” that said,
in part, “For a world without white supremacy.”
Protesters were apparently
working behind the covering with ropes to bring the statue down, which
happened more than two hours into a rally. It fell with a loud clanging
sound, and the crowd erupted in cheers.
After Silent Sam tumbled to the
ground, people darted in and out of the crowd through a haze from smoke
bombs. Atop the statue someone placed a black cap that said, “Do It Like
Durham,” an apparent reference to the toppling of a Confederate statue
there a year ago
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