A crowd gathered in the Atlanta suburb of Decatur to watch the removal of a Confederate monument -- the latest controversial symbol toppled in the wake of the George Floyd protests
A DeKalb County judge last week ordered the relocation of the 30-foot obelisk at Decatur Square after the city argued it'd become a threat to public safety during recent protests. He ordered it removed by midnight June 26 and placed in storage until further notice.As a large crane pulled down the obelisk just before midnight Thursday, people chanted,"Take it down! Take it down!" Others applauded.
While some cities have made efforts to remove them, others have passed laws to protect them.Just this month alone, a series of statues have been removed, including Christopher Columbus, another controversial figure in US history. Some Christopher Columbus statues have been tampered with -- one thrown into a lake, one beheaded, and another pulled to the ground.The statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis is splattered with paint after it was toppled June 10 in Richmond, Va.
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