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The mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, is vowing to remove a 115-year-old Confederate monument
Posted on 6/1/20 at 9:06 pm
Posted on 6/1/20 at 9:06 pm
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The mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, is vowing to remove a 115-year-old Confederate monument from a public park after protesters attempted to tear it down.
Demonstrators at Linn Park took aim at the Confederate Soldiers & Sailors Monument, dedicated in 1905, on Sunday during a protest over systemic racism and police brutality in the aftermath of George Floyd's death.
As some attempted to tear down the 52-foot-tall obelisk, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin arrived at the scene. He pleaded with demonstrators to disperse before police came to make arrests, saying that he understood their anger and would have the monument removed.
"Allow me to finish the job for you," Woodfin said in video captured by CNN affiliate WIAT.
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Protesters in the park toppled the statue of Linn and spray-painted and chiseled the base of the obelisk monument, according to AL.com.
Some protesters pressed Woodfin by calling on him to remove the memorial the same night. Chants of "no justice, no peace" continued after Woodfin's pleas.
After protesters eventually dispersed from the park, riots erupted downtown and resulted in property damage and fires to businesses, WIAT reported.
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Posted on 6/1/20 at 9:07 pm to Tigerbait357
Cuck
Posted on 6/1/20 at 9:07 pm to Tigerbait357
That’ll solve all their problems.
Posted on 6/1/20 at 9:07 pm to Tigerbait357
And he delivered. It's being removed as we speak.
Good riddance.
Good riddance.
Posted on 6/1/20 at 9:08 pm to Tigerbait357
Is this the riot that Funnyman incited?
Posted on 6/1/20 at 9:08 pm to Tigerbait357
Yeah, let’s teach these uneducated fricking government leaches that violence and destruction will give them what they want.
Posted on 6/1/20 at 9:09 pm to Tigerbait357
It's really messed up that black people get their own history month but normal people don't get a confederate history month
Posted on 6/1/20 at 9:09 pm to Tigerbait357
New Orleans is a fine example of what happens when you remove statues. There is no more crime there.
Posted on 6/1/20 at 9:10 pm to Fat and Happy
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New Orleans is a fine example of what happens when you remove statues. There is no more crime there.
Yeah, but buildings started falling down, and voodoo curses started happening, and parade floats went wild killing people. shite for sure went sideways.
Posted on 6/1/20 at 9:10 pm to el Gaucho
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It's really messed up that black people get their own history month but normal people don't get a confederate history month
Posted on 6/1/20 at 9:10 pm to Tigerbait357
Honestly I don’t even care. It being there doesn’t make much sense, but will it change a single god damned thing? No. Still can’t figure out why they took down the Linn statue. Must have seen an old white dude and thought “muh racism.”
Posted on 6/1/20 at 9:11 pm to Fat and Happy
Well there's no rioting.
Posted on 6/1/20 at 9:12 pm to cwil177
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Still can’t figure out why they took down the Linn statue. Must have seen an old white dude and thought “muh racism.”
They couldn't get the Losers Of the Civil War one down and they were in a destructive mood.
At least they left the Thomas Jefferson one alone.
Posted on 6/1/20 at 9:12 pm to el Gaucho
quote:One of your best in a while. Maybe you are finally finding your groove.
It's really messed up that black people get their own history month but normal people don't get a confederate history month
Posted on 6/1/20 at 9:12 pm to cwil177
Yeah, they have no idea who that man was.
Posted on 6/1/20 at 9:13 pm to Tigerbait357
It was only a matter of time considering Birmingham is 70+% black.
Posted on 6/1/20 at 9:15 pm to Tigerbait357
I really don't care if its taken down at this point other than the fact that it will just embolden this crap in the future. The statue had become a pawn and I'm glad the bitching will be over.
That said, I'm a lot more angry that Woodfin pretty much allowed the rioting and looting last night. The police were held back blocks away while people were getting hurt and businesses were being burned. Then he blames it on saying they had "intelligence" that the riot was going to be elsewhere so the police were stretched thin trying to cover that area....which is such a lie.
That said, I'm a lot more angry that Woodfin pretty much allowed the rioting and looting last night. The police were held back blocks away while people were getting hurt and businesses were being burned. Then he blames it on saying they had "intelligence" that the riot was going to be elsewhere so the police were stretched thin trying to cover that area....which is such a lie.
This post was edited on 6/1/20 at 9:16 pm
Posted on 6/1/20 at 9:32 pm to Tigerbait357
If that's 52 feet tall my dick is 19 inches long. 
Posted on 6/1/20 at 9:33 pm to Tigerbait357
If you care about the confederacy, you're a loser.
Posted on 6/1/20 at 9:35 pm to PetroBabich
quote:
Well there's no rioting....yet
FIFY
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