There will be no curfew in Washington tonight. The city's police chief says Wednesday's protests were peaceful and no arrests were made.
Virginia governor announces Robert E. Lee statue will be removed "as soon as possible"The monument of General Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia. Andrew Barfield/Shutterstockremove the controversial Robert E. Lee Monument"That statue has been there for a long time. It was wrong then, and it's wrong now. So we're taking it down," the Democratic governor said during a news conference in Richmond.to decry the death of George Floyd, police brutality and racism.
"Make no mistake, removing a symbol is important but it's only a step. It doesn't mean problems are solved. There are still monuments of inequalities that exist in our commonwealth and in this country," the governor said, calling for change and healing.
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