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Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Protesters pull down Confederate statue at old Durham County courthouse | WNCN

Protesters pull down Confederate statue at old Durham County courthouse | WNCN:

Image result for flickr commons images Confederate symbols"Around 7:10 p.m. a woman using a ladder climbed the statue of a soldier and attached a rope around the statue.

Moments later, the crowd pulled on the rope and the statue fell.  One man quickly ran up and spat on the statue and several others began kicking it.

It’s not clear where law enforcement officers were during the protest.

In 1924, the Confederate statue was dedicated to Durham."

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