Protesters ripped down a monument of a Confederate soldier Monday evening. The monument has stood in Durham County, NC since 1924.
WNCN reports:
A crowd of protesters gathered outside the old Durham County courthouse on Main Street Monday evening in opposition to a Confederate monument in front of the government building.
Around 7:10 p.m. a woman climbed the statue using a ladder and attached a rope around the statue.
Moments later, The crowd pulled on the rope and the statue fell.
In 1924, the Confederate statue was dedicated to Durham.
Engraved on the front of the monument is “The Confederate States of America.”
Above it, is a statue representing a soldier who fought in the civil war.
“It needs to be removed,” Loan Tran, an organizer, said earlier Monday. “These Confederate statues in Durham, in North Carolina, all across the country.”
There are similar monuments in several cities around North Carolina.
#BREAKING Protesters in #Durham topple confederate monument downtown pic.twitter.com/a3BNIavyxC
— Derrick Lewis (@DerrickLewisTV) August 14, 2017
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BREAKING: Protestors storm Confederate statue outside @DurhamCounty Courthouse. @ABC11_WTVD pic.twitter.com/nkbYNUnfwR
— Jonah Kaplan (@JonahPKaplan) August 14, 2017
MORE: Protestors rip down statue of Confederate soldier. Monument has stood since in @DurhamCounty since 1924. @ABC11_WTVD pic.twitter.com/4MjFXsxS18
— Jonah Kaplan (@JonahPKaplan) August 14, 2017
Jubilant celebration now by demonstrators after toppling Confederate statue. They're about to march to @DurhamPoliceNC station pic.twitter.com/FvzH8G9J6a
— Jonah Kaplan (@JonahPKaplan) August 14, 2017
Protesters then went on to block off streets.
Protestors now moving down Main Street en route to @DurhamPoliceNC headquarters. Currently blocking traffic on Roxboro St. @ABC11_WTVD pic.twitter.com/EsTkRX1WNo
— Jonah Kaplan (@JonahPKaplan) August 14, 2017
.@DurhamSheriff staying back as protestors block traffic at Main St and Roxboro St. @ABC11_WTVD pic.twitter.com/Efa2KbKEpZ
— Jonah Kaplan (@JonahPKaplan) August 14, 2017
#Durham protesters continue their march downtown in an effort to "smash white supremacy" #Charlottesville pic.twitter.com/MKHjS3HrDT
— Derrick Lewis (@DerrickLewisTV) August 14, 2017
Protesters have moved to the intersection of E. Main & Roxboro streets blocking traffic. #Durham pic.twitter.com/TZvx614RBY
— Derrick Lewis (@DerrickLewisTV) August 14, 2017