New Orleans tears down first confederate monument
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"New Orleans on Monday removed a Confederate statue erected to honor a league representing white people that ousted a biracial government after the Civil War.
Workers wearing bulletproof vests took down the Liberty Place Monument in the early hours of Monday, The Associated Press reported. It had been set up in 1891 to honor the Crescent City White League.
"If there was ever a statue that needed to be taken down, it's that one," said New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu.
He said the Liberty Place Monument is the "most offensive" of four statues set to come down in New Orleans.
Two of the others honor Gen. Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis, the military leaders and president, respectively, of the Confederate states.
"All of what we will do in the next days will be designed to make sure that we protect everybody, that the workers are safe, the folks around the monuments are safe and that nobody gets hurt," Landrieu said, referencing contract workers who have received death threats over their job to remove the statues.
Statues and flags that include Confederate symbols have come under new scrutiny since the 2015 shootings at a historic African-American church in Charleston, S.C. that killed nine people. The shootings were committed by a self-described white supremacist, who has since been sentenced to death for the crimes.
South Carolina following the attack removed the Confederate flag from its statehouse."
New Orleans to take down Confederate statues
Workers wearing bulletproof vests took down the Liberty Place Monument in the early hours of Monday, The Associated Press reported. It had been set up in 1891 to honor the Crescent City White League.
"If there was ever a statue that needed to be taken down, it's that one," said New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu.
He said the Liberty Place Monument is the "most offensive" of four statues set to come down in New Orleans.
Two of the others honor Gen. Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis, the military leaders and president, respectively, of the Confederate states.
"All of what we will do in the next days will be designed to make sure that we protect everybody, that the workers are safe, the folks around the monuments are safe and that nobody gets hurt," Landrieu said, referencing contract workers who have received death threats over their job to remove the statues.
Statues and flags that include Confederate symbols have come under new scrutiny since the 2015 shootings at a historic African-American church in Charleston, S.C. that killed nine people. The shootings were committed by a self-described white supremacist, who has since been sentenced to death for the crimes.
South Carolina following the attack removed the Confederate flag from its statehouse."
New Orleans to take down Confederate statues
"Our history is not a game of jenga"
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That's wassup...Now do the right thing and release the brother MAC from angola..
Doobie Doo
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New Orleans is changing for the betta. At this rate Stunna gonna pay Weezy what he owe him.
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neva dat pleighbwoy
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CEITEDMOFO
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See it mentioned earlier elsewhere.
ReturnOfJudah
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I'll be over there in a few minutes.
Bout time they been blocking the bike lane for a week now. Now it's time to breeze through and watch the white tears
Shouldve never been put up. Usually when you lose a war, you lose your statues and flags to never to be hoisted ever again on the grounds of the victor.
Try to hoist a N. A. Z. I. flag in Germany. Or anywhere really.
It's crazy how much money and resources our government gave to confederates after the Civil War.
Try to hoist a N. A. Z. I. flag in Germany. Or anywhere really.
It's crazy how much money and resources our government gave to confederates after the Civil War.