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Friday, September 15, 2017

Protesters shroud Jefferson statue , decry UVa response to rallies

One month after white nationalists stormed the Rotunda at the University of Virginia, bearing tiki torches and chanting, “You will not replace us,” a smaller but equally vocal crowd of protesters took to the Rotunda on Tuesday night, covering a statue of Thomas Jefferson in a black shroud, which was removed sometime after midnight Wednesday.

The group of about 100 UVa students, faculty and community members gathered despite the rain to deride the university’s response to the summer’s wave of white nationalist demonstrations.

They covered the UVa founder’s statue in black, mimicking the city’s decision to shroud the statues of Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson in the wake of the violent Aug. 12 rally that resulted in one death and dozens of injuries.

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13 comments:

Anonymous said...

Why don't they go to the projects and demand for the shootings to stop? Why doesn't every BLM member turn in a drug dealer or gang member in their community's put the dealers name on Facebook? Why doesn't ALL 100 go to the projects feed people and pick up trash and provide help to the black elderly? Nah chuck and Nancy don't want that.

Anonymous said...

Why are police just allowing destruction of property? The kicker to me is what do all these white teens know about being black? Because they listen to rap that qualify for the struggles or plight of the blacks

Anonymous said...

What wave of white supremacist rallies. I have heard of one. Now there have been a wave of black supremacist rallies. They have them almost every day

Anonymous said...

I've been called a racist, deplorable, and a white nationalist. All because I love my country. Truth is I could care less if your gay, black, brown, or purity much any thing else. Now if your a thug I will call you a thug, if your a man snd you want to go to the bathroom with my little girl we will have issues. If your white and want to burn the American flag we will have a problem. So call me what you want because you liberals will never define me but my actions will.

Anonymous said...

Ah yes. The brave and forward-thinking folks who shroud statues.
So virtuous.

And so much easier than reducing crime or improving education or creating jobs. You know, the kind of things that would actually help the descendants of slaves.

Anonymous said...

Why aren't these vandals being arrested?

Anonymous said...

Bring back the draft and teach these how it all some respect.

Anonymous said...

Ditto...4:56

Anonymous said...

"black supremacist rally". LOL most photos, just like the one with this post, seem to show a predominantly white crowd going after the statues.

Anonymous said...

7;25,agreed

Anonymous said...

4:56 right on! 👍🏻

Anonymous said...

Washington must be renamed! He was a mean slave owner! Blow up all of the monuments to the founders/slave owners. Rename DC, Oprah City, and add under his name on Mt. Rushmore "Slave Owner".

Geez, I sound like the Liberal Snowflakes!

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