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Protesters in Raleigh drag a Confederate soldier statue through the street and hang it from a pole while Donald Trump slams cops for letting demonstrators rip down and burn a monument to General Albert Pike in D.C.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - Trump criticized Washington D.C. police Friday after protesters toppled a statue of a Confederate general
- He said police were 'doing nothing' as the statue of General Albert Pike was torn down and burned
- Some critics claim Pike was instrumental to the establishment of the Ku Klux Klan
- Protesters in Raleigh, North Carolina, also tore down Confederate statues on Friday night
- They dragged the statues through the city's streets before hanging one of them from a street sign
- Statues fell after millions of Americans celebrated Juneteenth on Friday with a series of peaceful protests
- Juneteenth commemorates the abolition of slavery and originated in Galveston, Texas
- Juneteenth is recognized as a holiday in 47 states and Washington D.C., but is not an official federal holiday
Posted by: Skidmark 2020-06-21 |
