Richmond Police Break Up a Crowd to Save Confederate Statue

<!--amp-source-stack {"hook":"the_excerpt","filter":true,"post_id":5211656,"post_type":"attachment","sources":[{"type":"core","name":"wp-includes","file":"formatting.php","line":51,"function":"wptexturize"},{"type":"core","name":"wp-includes","file":"formatting.php","line":3352,"function":"convert_smilies"},{"type":"core","name":"wp-includes","file":"formatting.php","line":2377,"function":"convert_chars"},{"type":"core","name":"wp-includes","file":"formatting.php","line":455,"function":"wpautop"},{"type":"core","name":"wp-includes","file":"formatting.php","line":838,"function":"shortcode_unautop"}]}--><p>RICHMOND, VIRGINIA – JUNE 14: People visit the graffiti-covered statue of Confederate General JEB Stuart on June 14, 2020 at Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia. The killing of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis has brought a heightened awareness to racial justice across America, and many have long called for taking down statues of Confederate Generals who fought a war to defend slavery, and later, were erected by southern states to help justify segregation and the disenfranchisement of black citizens. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)</p>

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