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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-protests-silentsam/seven-arrested- at-confederate-statue-protest-in-north-carolina-idUSKCN1LA0QQ

(Reuters) - Police in North Carolina arrested seven people on Saturday
during scuffles at a university campus where demonstrators earlier this
week had toppled a statue of a Confederate soldier, a school official
said.

FILE PHOTO: University of North Carolina police lay a tarp atop the
toppled statue of a Confederate soldier nicknamed Silent Sam on the
school's campus after a demonstration for its removal in Chapel Hill,
North Carolina, U.S. August 20, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake
Most of those taken into custody face assault charges, Carly Miller, a spokeswoman for the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill,
said in an email.

Saturday’s protest followed a larger one on Monday when about 300
demonstrators surrounded the Silent Sam memorial, erected in 1913 to honor soldiers of the pro-slavery Confederacy killed during the U.S. Civil War,
and used ropes to pull it down.

This was the latest incident in a campaign against Civil War symbols by opponents who say they glorify the South’s legacy of slavery and racism. Supporters view the memorials as emblems of American history.

Three people suspected of pulling down the Silent Sam statue face
misdemeanor charges of riot and defacing a public monument, a university
police spokesman said on Friday.

Video from Saturday that was shared on social media showed competing
rallies, with some waving signs with slogans such as “Destroy White
Supremacy,” and others holding Confederate flags. At one point, a man in a wide-brimmed hat punched another man in the face and was led away by
police.

North Carolina law requires that the memorial be placed back on the campus within 90 days, UNC board member Thom Goolsby said in a video statement on Thursday. He also said the statue had been “torn down by a violent mob.”

UNC Chancellor Carol Folt said during a conference call with reporters on Saturday that officials were assessing what the law required in terms of
the reinstallation of the statue.

“I’ve said from the start that I think, in the interest of public safety,
I would find a better location - a safe, secure location - for the
monument,” Folt said, adding that the ideal place would be one where
people could discuss the statue. “If I could do that, that is what I still believe is necessary.”

More than 100 people attended Saturday’s protest, she said.

“We all have to recognize that the Confederate monument is a flashpoint
for demonstrations and interruptions on campus and we believe it will
continue to be a lightning rod,” Folt said.

Liberals aren't interested in learning from history. They're only
interested in infantile emotional outbursts and destroying history, so
they have an excuse for repeating the same mistakes over and over again.

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