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Police pictured next to the fallen Robert E. On Monday night the 115-year-old Confederate Soldiers and Sailors monument in Birmingham, Alabama was removed from its pedestal after it became a focal point in protests against police brutality on Sunday night into early Monday. The owners had previously planned to relocate the 131-year-old statue in July, in accordance with a new state law that allows localities to remove, relocate or contextualize Confederate monuments. It was removed following seven days of protests, both peaceful and violent, across the country to decry the police killing of black man George Floyd. Mayor Wilson said the group opted to remove the memorial because other segregation-era statues have been vandalized in protests sweeping the nation. The statue stands with his back to the nation's capital as he gazes towards where the bloody battlefields of the Civil War once stoodĪ city spokesperson said the owner of the statue – the United Daughters of the Confederacy – notified the city Monday that they would remove the statue.
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The bronze statue stood at its post in downtown Alexandria for nearly 130 years. Confederate monuments in Virginia and South Carolina have also been defaced with graffiti and spray paint.In Montgomery, Alabama a statue of General Robert E Lee, the Commander of the Confederate Army in the Civil War, was toppled on Monday.In Birmingham, Alabama a crowd of protesters tore down a statue of Confederate Navy captain Charles Linn last week.In Birmingham, Alabama the 115-year-old Confederate Soldiers and Sailors monument was removed from its pedestal on Monday night.In Alexandria, Virginia the 131-year-old bronze statue of Confederate soldier 'Appomattox' was taken down on Tuesday for fear it would get damaged in riots.At least five Confederate and controversial statues across the country have been toppled in the past week amid George Floyd protests.Confederate monuments collapse: Statues in Virginia, Alabama and Tennessee are torn down and vandalized with graffiti amid George Floyd protests