Protesters toppled a statue of the president of the Confederacy in the Virginia state capital of Richmond late on Wednesday, the latest U. S. monument to be torn down during nationwide demonstrations demanding an end to racial injustice.
Protesters toppled a statue of the president of the Confederacy in the Virginia state capital of Richmond late on Wednesday, the latest U. S. monument to be torn down during nationwide demonstrations demanding an end to racial injustice.
Footage posted on social media showed the statue of Jefferson Davis, president of the pro-slavery Confederate states during the 1861-65 U. S. Civil War, being pulled into a tow truck and hauled away as people cheered. The base of the statue was covered with graffiti.
