A crowd of protesters gathered around a statue of George Washington in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday night and lit a fire on its head before pulling it to the ground.
Photos and video from the scene showed that the statue was spray painted with"Genocidal Colonist,""You're on native lands," "BLM" and"Big Floyd" -- presumably referring to George Floyd, who died last month at the hands of Minneapolis police.
Avlon: History it is messy, it's time to right some wrongs 02:48Police said hundreds of people held a peaceful rally on Thursday night outside Jefferson High School. Many people there told KOIN that they were ending that event early to rest up for Friday's Juneteenth celebrations commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.
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