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(61,808 posts) Mon Aug 20, 2018, 10:30 PM Aug 2018

Big News from NC - "'Silent Sam' is down: Protesters topple Confederate statue on UNC campus" [View all]

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'Silent Sam' is down: Protesters topple Confederate statue on UNC campus
Tags: Silent Sam, protest, UNC
Posted 7:59 p.m. today
Updated 12 minutes ago

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Protesters on Monday night toppled the controversial "Silent Sam" statue on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

More than 300 protesters first gathered at the Peace and Justice Plaza at about 7 p.m., before marching to the base of the statue, calling for its removal. By 9:30 p.m., the statue was on the ground and the crowd was cheering.

"Silent Sam" had been standing on the UNC campus since 1913.

Protesters first sectioned off the area around the controversial statue with large banners, blocking it from view. Throughout the course of the evening, people in the crowd speculated about what might be going on behind the banners, but no one confessed to knowing the plan

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Big News from NC - "'Silent Sam' is down: Protesters topple Confederate statue on UNC campus" [View all] NRaleighLiberal Aug 2018 OP

Silent Sam has had his day in the sun ornotna Aug 2018 #1

Fantastic job. dalton99a Aug 2018 #2

A well-earned dirt nap - enjoy, Sam! hatrack Aug 2018 #7

Short video tonight. appalachiablue Aug 2018 #20

why the warning about graphic content? They pulled down a statue Demovictory9 Aug 2018 #28

ha ha Demovictory9 Aug 2018 #21

Sweeeeeet!!! Well done!! InAbLuEsTaTe Aug 2018 #30

Interesting, why he is called silent. Croney Aug 2018 #3

There might be one round in his shirt pocket. JustABozoOnThisBus Aug 2018 #33

Lol! Looks like it didn't help him any in the long run though. Croney Aug 2018 #34

The explanation I heard when I was at UNC.... Jim Lane Aug 2018 #37

since 1913... Jim Crow not Confederate Statue... Woodrow Wilson Segregation not War Casualty Statue populistdriven Aug 2018 #4

Wilson was a monster. samir.g Aug 2018 #10

Fuck yes! Glamrock Aug 2018 #5

Man those things are cheap pieces of crap underpants Aug 2018 #6

That should piss off some white supremacists. Blue_true Aug 2018 #8

As my kids woud say, Awesome! iluvtennis Aug 2018 #9

Exactly what Repub legislature wanted unc70 Aug 2018 #11

This will be long forgotten by election time! hexola Aug 2018 #13

Not by the target audience with GOP reminders unc70 Aug 2018 #14

Maybe - how is it different from any of the other statues? hexola Aug 2018 #15

I haven't heard of any that were taken down illegally by a group of people. Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #26

One was taken down in Durham,NC unc70 Aug 2018 #29

They already have a racist symbol in tRump. Makes no difference... RiverStone Aug 2018 #16

Zactly. Duppers Aug 2018 #23

Yep, a "martyr" for the cause relayerbob Aug 2018 #18

You're right about that. A La. Senator is already using the "socialism" thing on FB.... Honeycombe8 Aug 2018 #27

NC republicans can replace Traitor Sam with a Traitor Pooty Poot statue Achilleaze Aug 2018 #31

You are exactly right Lee-Lee Aug 2018 #32

Fuck Retrumplicans maxrandb Aug 2018 #35

Don't play into hands of NORTH CAROLINA GOP unc70 Aug 2018 #36

Confederate Statues in Museums NOT honored in Public aeromanKC Aug 2018 #12

breaking news video link orleans Aug 2018 #17

I'm Happy . . OldManTarHeel Aug 2018 #19

Great News DallasNE Aug 2018 #22

K&R Scurrilous Aug 2018 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author Scurrilous Aug 2018 #25