Arizona woman hangs ‘2nd place’ banner on Confederate monument
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Confederate monuments in Baltimore were quietly removed and hauled away on trucks in darkness early Wednesday, days after a violent white nationalist rally in Virginia that was sparked by plans to take down a similar statue there. (Aug. 16) AP
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CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY REMOVE CONFEDERATE MONUMENTSBaltimore removes Confederate monuments | 0:51
At least four Confederate monuments were removed from public spaces in Baltimore overnight. USA TODAY
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CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY REMOVE CONFEDERATE MONUMENTSDallas Mayor orders confederate statue review | 1:20
Dallas Mayor calls for a task force to review the potential removal of Confederate statues. In the wake of violence by white supremacists in Virginia, a growing number of Dallas councilors want to take down the city’s Confederate monuments. (Aug. 15) AP
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CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY REMOVE CONFEDERATE MONUMENTSDurham weighs confederate statue’s toppling | 1:39
Durham, North Carolina residents are expressing mixed reactions to the toppling of a a Confederate statue on the courthouse lawn. Officials say they will file charges against protesters. The statue was erected in 1924, during the Jim Crow era. (Aug. 15) AP
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CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY REMOVE CONFEDERATE MONUMENTSNorth Carolina protesters pull down Confederate statue | 1:26
A crowd in Durham, North Carolina, used a rope to topple a statue of a Confederate soldier Monday evening outside an old courthouse building that now houses local government offices. Protesters kicked the crumpled statue after it fell. (Aug. 15) AP
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CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY REMOVE CONFEDERATE MONUMENTSLexington Mayor: Remove Confederate monuments | 1:23
Lexington, Kentucky Mayor Jim Gray announced on Twitter that he would work to remove the confederate monument at his county’s courthouse. (Aug. 14) AP
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CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY REMOVE CONFEDERATE MONUMENTSLast Confederate monument removed in New Orleans | 1:18
After decades standing sentinel, New Orleans’ Confederate monuments are all gone, with a likeness of Gen. Robert E. Lee the last to go amid debate over whether they represented Southern heritage or were symbols of slavery and oppression of blacks. (May 19) AP
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CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY REMOVE CONFEDERATE MONUMENTSRaw: New Orleans removes 3rd Confederate statue | 1:33
Workers in New Orleans took down a Confederate monument to General P.G.T. Beauregard, the third of four such monuments to come down in the city. (May 17) AP
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CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY REMOVE CONFEDERATE MONUMENTSRaw: Confederate statue removed amid controversy | 1:12
Workers in New Orleans removed the statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis early Thursday, the second of four Confederate monuments slated for removal in a long process that has sparked protests on both sides. (May 11) AP
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CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY REMOVE CONFEDERATE MONUMENTSJefferson Davis statue pulled out of New Orleans park | 0:41
Small crowds, a large police presence and heavy equipment were all part of the removal of New Orleans’ monument to former Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
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CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY REMOVE CONFEDERATE MONUMENTSConfederate-era monuments cause dueling protests in New Orleans | 0:54
Protesters who want Confederate-era monuments removed and others who want them to stay held dueling demonstrations in New Orleans. Hundreds from both sides showed up at a memorial honoring Confederate General Robert E. Lee. (May 8) AP
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CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY REMOVE CONFEDERATE MONUMENTSNew Orleans removes one of 4 Confederate statues | 1:46
A 35-foot granite statue that pays tribute to whites who tried to topple a biracial Reconstruction government installed in New Orleans after the Civil War, was taken away on a truck in pieces before daybreak after a few hours of work. (April 24) AP
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CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY REMOVE CONFEDERATE MONUMENTSIn the dark of night, Confederate statues removed in New Orleans | 0:42
The city is taking down several of the monuments after a 6-1 city council vote on their removal. New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said they belong in a museum “with context.” USA TODAY
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Rebecca McHood is no stranger to activism: The Gilbert Republican has walked in women’s marches, protested the Dakota Access Pipeline, stood by Black Lives Matter activists and publicly skewered Arizona’s school-voucher program.
Her most recent act of resistance required only scrapbook paper and ribbon.
Across the bottom, she strung a second-place participation banner. Across the top, she hung a ribbon that said, “You lost, get over it.”
Both were inspired by memes where people had Photoshopped “consolation prize” or “participation trophy” over Confederate symbols, she said.
“I was so enraged, so mad after that press conference, there was no way I could do nothing,” McHood said, adding that she doesn’t feel Trump’s positions reflect her Republican values. “Something needed to happen, and it needed to happen right then. I couldn’t sit still anymore.”
McHood and a friend hung the banners on the monument at about 6 p.m. Tuesday, she said. They were still up later that evening.
By early Wednesday morning, the banners were gone. But someone had painted “BLM,” the acronym for Black Lives Matter, on the monument’s base overnight.
The state Department of Administration — which handles maintenance and upkeep for memorials at the Capitol — said officials cleaned off the paint Wednesday morning but were unaware of the banner “situation.”
“It wasn’t reported to us, and ADOA did not initiate removal,” spokeswoman Megan Rose said.
McHood said she doesn’t “condone violence or vandalism,” including the overnight paint job.
“But I do hope that people see the racism in (the Confederate-monument fight) and the refusal of people to speak out,” she said. “If you like to think that you would’ve marched with Martin Luther King Jr., I believe that if you’re not out marching now, then you wouldn’t have. “
Frustration with Arizona officials’ refusal to remove the state’s Confederate memorials has increased in the wake of the Charlottesville bloodshed, with residents on social media calling for Ducey to “show leadership.” The governor on Monday said it was “not (his) desire or mission to tear down any monument or memorial” in Arizona.
Other Arizonans fiercely oppose removing the memorials, arguing they are symbols of history and heritage.
East Valley NAACP President Roy Tatem, one of the civil-rights activists leading the charge for removal, said some community members have threatened to topple the monuments themselves. He said he “advised against that” and promotes only “non-violent civil disobedience.”