>The monument came down after 9:15 p.m. Monday. Earlier in the evening, protesters covered the statue with gray banners, erecting "an alternative monument" that said, in part, "For a world without white supremacy."
>The gathering downtown on Franklin Street started as a demonstration in solidarity with the UNC graduate student who faces criminal and honor court charges for throwing red ink and blood on the Confederate statue in April. It quickly became a march across the street to the UNC campus, where police officers stood at the monument.
>A skirmish broke out when someone threw a smoke bomb into the crowd. Police chased one protester and arrested another for resisting, delaying and obstructing an officer. The unidentified man who was arrested may also face another charge of wearing a mask to a rally, a UNC police spokesman said.
>Police formed a perimeter around protesters. One banner said, "The whole world is watching. Which side are you on?" Some of the demonstrators wore Carolina blue bandannas over their faces that said, "Sam must fall."
>The rally started with the singing of the black national anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing."
>"It's time to build monuments to honor those who have been murdered by white supremacy," Little said, adding, "It's time to tear down Silent Sam. It's time to tear down UNC's institutional white supremacy."
>Another graduate student, Jerry Wilson, said being a black man on UNC's can be a lonely experience. He read what he said was a letter he had written to UNC Chancellor Carol Folt.
>"When you have to take the long way between classes in order to avoid the sight of a statue that denies your human dignity, the Southern Part of Heaven can feel an awful lot like hell," said Wilson, who studies education.
>Wilson placed a rope, fashioned as a noose, around his neck and vowed to wear it until Silent Sam is removed. He said the rope would symbolize what he said is a hostile environment created by the statue.
http://archive.is/Z3bBE
/mlpol/ - My Little Politics
Archived thread
File (): 805F7EC93B23D2EE678957C8941B19B1-39948.jpg (39.0 KB, 699x416, BBMc3lg.jpg)
File (): 315C1086B740B8C6619B4AB25BF16EBF-45816.jpg (44.7 KB, 644x416, BBMcbfQ.jpg)
File (): ADD6B6E25B9A7FF89B848A9CE458DEDF-41494.jpg (40.5 KB, 666x416, BBMcbfR.jpg)
File (): 189E1125F83CAEB9C9ABAAAA1C42D14F-34768.jpg (34.0 KB, 717x416, BBMceP8.jpg)
>>166929
Fuck them this is a part of our history, it is a part of who we are, it is a pare of our identity how dare they desecrate same like this! The civil war had NOTHING to do with slavery it was about States Rights! It is sad to see this happening the destruction of our race and our future by removing and destroying the pride we have in our history the very foundation of what gives us pride and strength.
Fuck them this is a part of our history, it is a part of who we are, it is a pare of our identity how dare they desecrate same like this! The civil war had NOTHING to do with slavery it was about States Rights! It is sad to see this happening the destruction of our race and our future by removing and destroying the pride we have in our history the very foundation of what gives us pride and strength.
>>166929
This is quite disgusting. This monument is not a monument to the Confederates. It is a monument to the Confederate soldiers who died. The sculptor also created a statue to a Union soldier who died. The reason the statue is called Silent Sam is because he has no ammunition and thus cannot fire his gun. It certainly isn't a violent symbol at the least.
This is quite disgusting. This monument is not a monument to the Confederates. It is a monument to the Confederate soldiers who died. The sculptor also created a statue to a Union soldier who died. The reason the statue is called Silent Sam is because he has no ammunition and thus cannot fire his gun. It certainly isn't a violent symbol at the least.
>>166929
I wonder how hard it would be to fund a project to rebuild these fallen monuments. Give a big 'fuck you' to these assholes who think they're doing anything worthwhile in the world.
I wonder how hard it would be to fund a project to rebuild these fallen monuments. Give a big 'fuck you' to these assholes who think they're doing anything worthwhile in the world.
8 replies | 4 files | 1 UUIDs | Archived