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Related: About this forum'This is racist,' IMPEACH TRUMP' spraypainted on Lee statue
CHARLOTTESVILLE -- The downtown statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee has been vandalized again.
Someone painted this is racist on the Downtown Mall side of the statues base on Thursday night. The other side was tagged with IMPEACH TRUMP.
Charlottesville officials placed tarps over the graffiti because city offices were closed Friday and no one was available to clean them.
City spokesman Brian Wheeler said parks and recreation staff will remove the graffiti on Monday and that it could be time consuming.
Read more: https://www.roanoke.com/news/virginia/this-is-racist-impeach-trump-spraypainted-on-lee-statue/article_f1d2ab0c-51ec-5d1e-b941-cd41a752fa51.html
(Roanoke Times)
The base of the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was covered by Charlottesville officials on Friday after this is racist and IMPEACH TRUMP were spray-painted on it.
NOLAN STOUT | The (Charlottesville) Daily Progress
underpants
(182,788 posts)After 15 years. FINALLY!
NCjack
(10,279 posts)Replace them all with Gen. Grant accepting the sword of Gen. Lee, on one knee and promising "Never again".
Farmer-Rick
(10,163 posts)then it will always be full of graffiti.
The same thing would have happened if they had a statue to Hitler or Hirohito.
djacq
(1,633 posts)Take them down.