Durham Confederate Statue Toppling Cases Start With A Dismissal
A judge dismissed the criminal case Monday against the first of eight protesters standing trial on charges of toppling a Confederate statue last summer in North Carolina.
A judge dismissed the criminal case Monday against the first of eight protesters standing trial on charges of toppling a Confederate statue last summer in North Carolina.
The protester who climbed a North Carolina Confederate statue to help topple it said Tuesday that she plans to fight rioting and property damage charges by seeing the case through to trial.
Confederate monuments around the country are coming down following the events of Charlottesville where hate groups rallied around a statue of Robert E. Lee.
More protesters were arrested Wednesday for participating in a demonstration that toppled a Confederate statue in North Carolina.