North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper ordered that all Confederate monuments on Capitol grounds be removed to protect public safety.
In a statement released by his office and published to Twitter, Cooper said"monuments to white supremacy don't belong in places of allegiance."The Confederate statues falling after George Floyd's deathOn Friday, a protester climbed a statue on a Confederate monument at the state Capitol, wrapped a strap around its neck and pulled it down, according to video from CNN affiliate WRAL. A second statue on the other side of the monument was also pulled down.
The statement said monuments being removed included the remainder of the North Carolina Confederate monument, the monument to the Women of the Confederacy, and the figure of Henry Lawson Wyatt. Read MoreCooper's sentiments on Confederate monuments are not new. In 2017, he called for Confederate monuments on state Capitol grounds to be relocated to museums or related historical sites where they could be viewed in context, according to the statement.
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