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Protesters topple Jefferson Davis statue in Virginia capital

By SARAH RANKIN and JONATHAN DREW
Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Protesters pulled down a century-
old statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in the
former capital of the Confederacy, adding it to the list
of Old South monuments removed or damaged around
the U.S. in the wake of George Floyd’s death. The 8-foot
(2.4-meter) bronze figure on Richmond’s grand Monu-
ment Avenue had been all but marked for removal by
city leaders in a matter of months, but demonstrators
took matters into their own hands Wednesday night, ty-
ing ropes around its legs and toppling it from its stone pe-
destal onto the pavement. A crowd cheered and police
looked on as the monument — installed by a Confedera-
te heritage group in 1907 — was towed away. There were
no immediate reports of any arrests. The toppling came
on the same day NASCAR banned Confederate flags —
a common sight for decades in a sport steeped in Sout-
hern tradition — at its races. Also this week, the streaming
service HBO Max temporarily removed the 1939 movie
“Gone With the Wind,” criticized for romanticizing slavery The statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis is splattered with paint after it was toppled
and the Civil War-era South, to add historical context. Wednesday night, June 10, 2020, along Monument Drive in Richmond, Va
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