A statue of Jefferson Davis has been torn down along Richmond, Virginia’s famed Monument Avenue
A statue of Jefferson Davis was torn down along the famed Monument Avenue in Richmond on Wednesday night.
The statue of the president of the Confederacy was toppled shortly before 11 p.m. and is on the ground in the middle of an intersection, news outlets reported.In Portsmouth, protesters beheaded and then pulled down four statues that were part of a Confederate monument on Wednesday, according to media outlets.The Virginia-Pilot reports that efforts to tear one of the statues down began around 8:20 p.m., but the rope they were using snapped.
The crowd was frustrated by the Portsmouth City Council’s decision to put off moving the monument. They switched to throwing bricks from the post that held the plaque they had pulled down as they initially worked to topple the statue. So Richmond’s statues of 🚨Jefferson Davis🚨- former president of the Confederacy - has been ripped out and is now sitting 20 ft away on the street
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