Protesters assembled at the old Durham, North Carolina courthouse on Monday scaled a confederate monument, fixed a cord around it, and pulled until it fell to the ground.
Just days after the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, protesters gathered outside a courthouse in Durham, North Carolina.
Some of the roughly 100 people assembled there on Monday scaled a Confederate monument, fixed a cord around it, and pulled until it fell to the ground, reports WTVD.
The statue was place in 1924 and carried the words, “in memory of the boys who wore the gray."
The Herald Sun reports that law enforcement personnel "recorded the event but did not intervene."
In a statement, the Durham Police Department (DPD) said, “The DPD is aware that a Confederate monument was toppled at the old Durham County courthouse. Because this incident occurred on county property…the Durham County Sheriff’s Office is the agency that has jurisdiction over all county buildings and landmarks…the Sheriff’s Office is the decision-making agency regarding law enforcement response on matters concerning county property.”
Meanwhile, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper wrote on Twitter, “The racism and deadly violence in Charlottesville is unacceptable but there is a better way to remove these monuments.”
Durham Mayor Bill Bell told WTVD, “I'm not surprised seeing what's gone on in this country."
The removal of the statue in Durham was preceded by white nationalists gathering in Charlottesville on Saturday to protest the relocation of a monument of Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
Clashes broke out between them and the counter-protesters present and three people died in connection with the violence, reports CNN.
Two state troopers died in a nearby helicopter crash, and one woman was fatally injured when a car sped into a crowd of people.
