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Statues and icons toppled in US in anti-racism protests as Trump rallies faithful

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Jun 21, 2020 #rallies, #Trump
Statues and icons toppled in US in anti-racism protests as Trump rallies faithful

People stand around the statue of Confederate general Albert Pike after it was toppled by protesters at Judici…Read More

WASHINGTON: The

statue

of a Confederate General was toppled, burned, and dragged through the streets of

Washington

DC and one of a Southern soldier was hung in Raleigh, North Carolina, as many Americans expressed fury at the country’s racist past in nationwide venting that exploded on “Juneteeth” (June 19), a day that commemorates the end of slavery.

Amid calls from more radical quarters to even rename cities, schools, and roads named after George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, the country’s Founding Fathers who also happened to be slave owners, President Donald

Trump

made known his ire at the developments, berating protesters as “anarchists, looters, and other lowlifes” as he headed out to Tulsa, Oklahoma, for a rally that liberals see as a gathering of racist white supremacists.

“The DC Police are not doing their job as they watch a statue be ripped down & burn. These people should be immediately arrested. A disgrace to our Country!” Trump fumed on Twitter as the national capital and many other cities went through an orgy of defacement and to

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