Sunday 26 August 2018

North Carolina: seven arrested at rally calling for return of Confederate statue

Protesters carrying civil war-era flags clash with counter-protesters in standoff about ‘Silent Sam’ memorial

Seven people have been arrested at a rally calling for a century-old Confederate statue at the University of North Carolina to be returned after it was pulled down.

About a dozen people carrying Confederate flags were met by dozens of protesters that do not want the memorial known as “Silent Sam” to return to the campus in Chapel Hill.

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from World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2BNzypA

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