Protesters have pulled down a statue down from a Confederate monument in Durham.
- Confederate statue pulled down in Durham
- Statue pulled down during protest
- Statue stood since 1924
The Confederate statue, which was dedicated to soldiers who fought in the Civil War, was placed on a monument outside the Old Durham County Courthouse on Main Street.
The protesters were rallying against the white nationalist protest that left one woman dead this weekend.
A rope was tied to the statue and then it was pulled to the ground.
A Confederate statue in Durham, NC was brought down today by people protesting the Charlottesville rally: https://t.co/yFdokBJMkc pic.twitter.com/wMUGDHAXRn
— News 13 (@MyNews13) August 15, 2017
The crowd then began to cheer, breaking out into chants saying “the people united, will never be defeated.”
The statue was dedicated in May of 1924 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, "in memory of the boys who wore the gray."
The 15-foot-high granite and bronze statue was located in front of the Durham County courthouse. On the other side of the main entrance were monuments to World War I, World War II and the Korean and Vietnam wars.
No arrests have been made.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper admonished the protesters on Twitter:
The racism and deadly violence in Charlottesville is unacceptable but there is a better way to remove these monuments #durham - RC
— Governor Roy Cooper (@NC_Governor) August 15, 2017