VIDEO: Pro-Trump Mother Speaks Out After Women Rip Up Signs, Steal MAGA Hat From Son

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Abbey Wigton and Taylor Cisinski, two individuals who were say they were attacked by Joe Biden supporters, spoke with the Daily Caller’s Samantha Renck about the incident, if they plan to press charges and more.

“This altercation was completely unprovoked. My son and I were standing outside of a restaurant,” Wigton said, whose son Riley is 7 years old. “We weren’t even paying attention to the women until they walked out of the doors and immediately started antagonizing my son.”

Abbey alleged that the two women “started saying things like ‘you should be ashamed for having a mother like yours. She’s a Trump supporter. You should just be ashamed of yourself.’”

“As soon as I hit record, that’s when they ripped the sign away so it was almost instantly.”

Conservatives like Donald Trump, Jr. posted that the two women allegedly attacking Wigton, her son and Cisinski were Joe Biden supporters. According to an original statement by Wigton, which has since been deleted, she said, “The Joe Biden supporters laid hands on my child and ripped his ‘Make America Great Again’ hat from his head while cursing at him and pushing him over.”

When asked how she knew they were Biden supporters, Wigton said, “I didn’t necessarily know they were Joe Biden supporters. I just kind of assumed since they were so vehemently against me with the red hat on backward. They couldn’t even see what the lettering was on my hat. They just saw the red hat.”

Cisinski, who was also allegedly attacked, said he believes the incident was premeditated.

“How this whole situation started is, we were all sign-waving on a sidewalk,” he said, “peacefully protesting Joe Biden’s nomination speech. This group of people drove by in a car where they started to yell profanities and cussing at us.”

According to Cisinski, Riley was crying so “he picked him up and brought him away from” the situation, but “the video does not show that.”

Wignot and Cisinski also discussed whether they will press charges, how Riley is doing and more.

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Federal Judge Dismisses CAIR Legal Demand to Stop College from Teaching Truth About Jihad.

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U.S. District Judge Susan M. Brnovich has dismissed the Council on American Islamic Relations’ lawsuit which sought an injunction to prevent a Maricopa County Community College professor from teaching the truth about terror committed by Islamists.  The judge’s  dismissal order is posted here.

Florida Family Association launched an online campaign with several email alerts that asked people to encourage Judge Susan M. Brnovich to dismiss the case.   The Florida Family Association campaign stated in part:

CAIR continues to try to enforce Sharia law against non-Muslims, sues to censor college over professor’s teaching about Islamist terror history.

The Council on America Islamic Relations (CAIR) continues to relentlessly attempt to enforce the Sharia law prohibition against criticizing Islam even when the facts are correct.  CAIR is suing Scottsdale Community College on behalf of a Muslim student over “an anti-Muslim professor’s unconstitutional condemnations of Islam during a Political Science class.”  CAIR’s COURT COMPLAINT is seeking a restraining order to stop the curriculum about Islamist terror from being taught.

A restraining order under these circumstances would have devastating consequences for hundreds of non-profit educational organizations and thousands of churches and synagogues that report or teach about Islamist terrorism.  If the judge grants the restraining order CAIR would most certainly file lawsuits across the country seeking to censor a host of organizations, churches and synagogues that counter jihad and the Islamist political agenda in America.  It is more than ironic that Hamas-linked, Muslim Brotherhood-linked and terror-linked Council On American Islamic Relations is suing to censor academic teaching about Islamist terrorism.  It is alarming.

Defendants’ MOTION TO DISMISS states in part:  While it is understandable that Plaintiffs may be upset by discussion of views that they consider to be “radical” or outside the “mainstream” of Islam, censoring academic speech is dangerous, wrong, and antithetical to academic freedom—a “special concern” under the First Amendment.  Indeed, Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction failed to cite even a single case that has accepted their argument, making it—literally—unprecedented.

Oral argument on the motion to dismiss the petition for a temporary restraining order has been set for August 18, 2020 in Courtroom 506, 401 West Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ 85003 before Judge Susan M Brnovich.

Florida Family Association prepared an email for people to send that urged Judge Susan M Brnovich to dismiss this case which strikes at the heart of the first Amendment.  The email stated:   Please safeguard First Amendment rights in Sabra et al v. Maricopa County Community College.  Honorable Judge Brnovich, I urge you to dismiss the petition for a restraining order in Sabra et al v. Maricopa County Community College District et al.  Such judicial censorship of academic speech is unprecedented.  It would open the door for CAIR to file lawsuits against hundreds of non-profit educational organizations and thousands of churches and synagogues that report or teach about Islamist terrorism.

Judge Susan M. Brnovich was nominated on January 23, 2018 by President Donald Trump to an undetermined seat on the United States District Court for the District of Arizona on January 23, 2018. She received her judicial commission on October 23, 2018.

A special thanks to everyone who sent emails to encourage the judge to dismiss the case.

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WATCH: Boy, 7, Reportedly ‘Attacked’ By Biden Supporters For Wearing MAGA Hat

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Not even a 7 year old boy is exempt from the Left’s intimidation, violence, and lawlessness. Imagine how emboldened these thugs will be if Joe Biden is elected POTUS in November. Joe Biden will not take any significant action to protect us from the Leftist thugs. That is because he needs their support and votes. Vote like your life is on the line, America. Because it is.

Watch: Boy, 7, Reportedly ‘Attacked’ By Biden Supporters For Wearing MAGA Hat

By Sara Carter, August 21, 2020

A video showing a young child being accosted by a group of individuals for wearing a ‘MAGA’ hat is circulating social media on Friday. The boy, 7, was reportedly targeted for supporting President Trump. Watch below:

“Last night, Joe Biden supporters viciously attacked Riley, a 7 year-old @realDonaldTrump fan,” wrote Donald Trump Jr. in a tweet posted Friday.

The President’s son added that the group “stole Riley’s hat, ripped up his sign, and made him cry.”

Turning Point USA’s Benny Johnson shared on Twitter that “Riley got a call from the White House” Friday, posting some pictures of the young boy, one taken at what appeared to be a Trump rally.

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Former MPD Officer’s Lawyer Says He’ll Argue That George Floyd ‘Killed Himself’

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Former Minneapolis police officer Thomas Lane’s lawyer said he plans to argue that George Floyd “killed himself” and no officer was responsible for his death.

Floyd died during an arrest May 25, 2020 after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for over nine minutes. His death sparked protests around the country that are still continuing today, and all four officers at the scene that day have been charged.

Chauvin was charged with murder and Lane, Alexander Keung and Tou Thao have been charged as accomplices. Although two autopsies determined Floyd’s death to be a homicide, Lane’s lawyer Earl Gray said he will argue none of the officers killed him, the LA Times reported.

“None of these guys — even Chauvin — actually killed him,” according to Gray. “He killed himself.”

Gray’s defense argument, he added, will use toxicology and autopsy reports. The lawyer will argue that Floyd actually died from overdosing on fentanyl, an opioid. Gray will also argue that Floyd had an underlying heart condition, the LA Times reported.

“We are going to show that my client and the other cops were doing their jobs,” Gray said.

Lane’s lawyer noted in a motion July 7 that Minneapolis police training included a section detailing how to handle a suspect who is not cooperating. The motion included a photograph that shows a method of arrest similar to what the officers did, according to the LA Times.

“Sudden cardiac arrest typically occurs immediately following a violent struggle,” the instructions warn.

The Minneapolis City Council banned the use of chokeholds and neck restraints by officers in June following Floyd’s death.

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The Jihad Terrorist in New York City You Heard Nothing About

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My latest in PJ Media:

While the New York Police Department zealously guards Mayor de Blasio’s infamous “Black Lives Matter” street graffiti in front of Trump Tower, other, more serious endeavors continue that, if the city had a rational mayor, might actually have a better claim on the NYPD’s time and resources. Those include Islamic jihad terrorism.

Last Tuesday, a New York-based convert to Islam with the emphatically Christian name of Jesus Encarnacion got 15 years in prison for attempting to aid a jihad terror group.

The Justice Department’s account of his activities makes for hair-raising reading, and reminds us yet again that Bill de Blasio, like other Leftist mayors and governors, is chasing phantom problems (Russiagate, the USPS “scandal,” and many, many more) while there are real and pressing troubles that warrant his attention.

Jesus Wilfredo Encarnacion, heedless of the fact that many, if not most, Americans, at least those on the Left, take jihad terrorism to be yesterday’s news and no longer a threat to the United States (if it ever was), was a fearless keyboard warrior who called himself “Jihadistsoldgier,” “Jihadinhear,” “Jihadinheart,” “Lionofthegood.”

Ercarnacion, however, was not content to wage jihad only on his computer screen. He got his prison sentence for plotting to join a Pakistani jihad terrorist organization, Lashkar e-Tayyiba (LeT), which has carried out numerous jihad massacres, including the infamous Mumbai attack of November 2008, in which jihadis murdered 172 people. The State Department considers LeT to be a Foreign Terrorist Organization.

Audrey Strauss, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, explained that “Jesus Encarnacion plotted to travel abroad, to join and train with Lashkar e-Tayyiba, infamous worldwide for the jihadist murder of innocent civilians, and to carry out shootings, bombings, and beheadings in behalf of that terrorist organization.”

Traveling overseas was not actually Encarnacion’s first choice for his jihad. He told someone he thought was a fellow Muslim but was actually an undercover FBI agent that he wanted to carry out “a bombing and shooting” for Allah in the United States, but didn’t have either the “guidance” or the “guns” he thought he needed in order to do so.

There is much more. Read the rest here.

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WOW! Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot defends ban on protesters on her block: ‘I have a right to make sure that my home is secure

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Right but YOU don’t have the same right to a safe and secure home. My God, the hubris!

Hunchback can’t see her own hunch.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot defends ban on protesters on her block: ‘I have a right to make sure that my home is secure

By: MSN, August 20, 2020:

Mayor Lori Lightfoot defended the Chicago Police Department’s ban on protesters being able to demonstrate on the block where she lives, telling reporters Thursday that she and her family at times require heightened security because of threats she receives daily.

A group of people wearing costumes: Some protesters hold umbrellas while facing off with police near Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s home in Logan Square on July 23, 2020. © Armando L. Sanchez / Chicago Tribune/Chicago Tribune/TNS Some protesters hold umbrellas while facing off with police near Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s home in Logan Square on July 23, 2020.

Lightfoot refused to elaborate on the specific threats, but said she receives them daily against herself, her wife and her home. Comparisons to how the Police Department has protected previous mayors’ homes, such as Rahm Emanuel’s Ravenswood residence, are unfair because “this is a different time like no other,” Lightfoot told reporters.

“I think that residents of this city, understanding the nature of the threats that we are receiving on a daily basis, on a daily basis, understand I have a right to make sure that my home is secure,” Lightfoot said.

Lightfoot and Chicago police Superintendent David Brown were asked at an unrelated news conference about a Tribune report noting police have banned protesters from demonstrating on her block in the Logan Square neighborhood, ordering officers to arrest anyone who refuses to leave.

The directive surfaced in a July email from then-Shakespeare District Cmdr. Melvin Roman to officers under his command. It did not distinguish between the peaceful protesters Lightfoot regularly says she supports and those who might intend to be destructive, but ordered that after a warning is given to demonstrators, “It should be locked down.”

Activists and police sources could not cite instances when the city repeatedly locked down her predecessor Emanuel’s block against protesters. The Kenwood block where former President Barack Obama lived with his family when his primary residence was in Chicago was shut down for access only by residents after his election.

But Lightfoot said such comparisons “don’t make any sense,” after Brown referenced the ongoing coronavirus pandemic as well as civil unrest that have flared since the George Floyd killing at the hands of Minneapolis police.

“I’m not going to make any excuses for the fact that, given the threats I have personally received, given the threats to my home and my family, I’m going to do everything I can to make sure they’re protected,” Lightfoot said. “I make no apologies whatsoever for that.”

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Since the order, and even for a time just prior to its writing, Chicago cops have repeatedly blocked protesters’ access to the block with groups of officers and barricades. Police have often kept protesters contained at the nearby corner of Kimball and Wrightwood avenues, though one standoff between activists and officers last month saw police go as far as bringing in an armored vehicle in case things got out of hand.

Aside from the expanded police presence to block protesters from reaching her home, Lightfoot already receives 24/7 protection from cops including officers stationed at the residence. The aggressive policing has sometimes siphoned away resources from the area’s police district, some sources with knowledge of the situation said, leading to quiet grumbling.

Both Lightfoot and Brown noted there are laws on the books banning residential protests, but Brown acknowledged the Police Department does not always enforce them. Brown said the city tries to give “wiggle room” for protesters.

Brown also cited instances where peaceful protests have been “hijacked” by agitators as reason for keeping demonstrators off Lightfoot’s block.

“We have seen very peaceful First Amendment protests for the most part but embedded in each of those protests have been very violent people. And they’re embedded. They put up umbrellas. And they come for a fight,” Brown said. “So we have to prepare for what we’ve seen.”

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K.W. Miller Congressional Committee (FL-18) Issues Legal Notice to TC Palm Newspaper for Printing False and Defamatory Information

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STUART, Fla./PRNewswire/ — KW Miller, the high profile Conservative Republican Congressional Candidate running for office in Florida’s 18th Congressional District issues legal notice to TC Palm and demands prompt retraction of false and defamatory statements.

The KW Miller Congressional Committee has given TC Palm management twenty-four (24) hours to retract their false and defamatory statements about Mr. Miller. The printed statements are a blatant attempt to disparage Mr. Miller and torturously interfere with a Federal Congressional Campaign by TC Palm management and will not be tolerated.

The KW Miller Congressional Committee makes clear the following facts:

  • KW Miller is a Registered Republican voter;

  • KW Miller does not race bait. Mr. Miller’s Congressional Twitter account was hacked and when discovered by the external media team, security measures were put in place;

  • KW Miller does not engage in “Conspiracy Theories.” Mr. Miller is well known for his dedication to stopping the criminal syndicates running “Child Sex Trafficking” and “Pedophilia” in the USA. Over 300,000 children are sex trafficked annually in the USA alone.

  • KW Miller ran a large-scale Sting Operation on Twitter with a sophisticated International Media team to expose the criminal activities that to go unabated on numerous social media platforms; https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/conservative-congressional-candidate-conducts-massive-sting-operation-on-leftist-run-media-companies-protecting-pedophiles-301109114.html

  • KW Miller founded the Florida Military Veterans Support Group. They are focused on protecting our military veterans and senior citizens suffering from chronic intractable pain (CIP) and preventing suicide. https://www.facebook.com/ProtectingOurVeterans/

  • KW Miller is a senior international energy and infrastructure executive. He is focused on many issues in Florida’s 18th District and Nationally, including and most importantly the Water Quality, Environmental Issues, Healthcare, Veteran Suicide and Human Trafficking, among many others.

About KW Miller

KW Miller is a true Conservative and a Registered Republican Voter. Florida 18th Congressional District is a critical “Pivot” district in the swing State of Florida. KW is on the November General Election ballot because he has the support of both Independent and Republican voters. The Oath of Office to Defend the Constitution are not flexible, nor open to interpretation. It is time for a true Conservative Republican KW Miller to represent the 18th District in Congress.

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EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Debating Porn With Brandi Love And Terry Schilling — How Do We Protect Children From Accessing Adult Content?

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The Daily Caller sat down with adult film star Brandi Love and executive director of American Principles Project Terry Schilling to debate all things porn.

In this episode, Love and Schilling were first asked to swap sides. Schilling pondered what his biggest pro-porn argument would be while Love described an anti-porn viewpoint.

Next, the two took on one of the more prominent issues that has come up regarding porn – in an age where so much is accessible with the touch of a button, what are some potential solutions that would prevent minors from accessing pornography?

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Both agreed on the importance of regulating the ability of minors viewing this content, but had different ideas on how to police.

Schilling brought up a solution that his organization has already proposed. In his eyes, reforming Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act would be a good step in making it more difficult for those underage to see this content.

Schilling noted that Section 230 has “been debated with social media platforms.”

“What you would do is, you would give Section 230 immunity to adult websites based on whether or not they have age verification,” he explained. “And if those websites don’t have age verification, then they lose the Section 230 immunity, which would open them up to civil litigation, basically making them liable for any content posted illegally or inappropriately.”

“It would basically force a lot of the adult entertainment companies that are online to do some type of meaningful age verification.”

Love offered a different solution. She argued for a digital ID, although Love noted that she understood Schilling’s argument for reforming Section 230.

“The problems that I see with 230 is that as it’s currently written, it is working,” Love responded. “I feel like the responsibility doesn’t need to be on the free market, on the companies that create the platforms, the user-uploaded content sites.”

“I feel the responsibility needs to be on the person uploading the content. By putting the responsibility and opening up companies to sue-happy people or potentially people that want to abolish a particular aspect of the industry, meaning adult, that leaves these companies wide open … By having a digital ID, which is no different than having a driver’s license … this would be attached to your age, your name, all of your information.”

Love and Schilling continued to discuss each other’s pitches, with Schilling noting that “verified third-party actors” would need to “verify the information and then relay it to the sites.” He expressed concern about the possibility of the federal government getting involved regarding digital ID’s.

“If we can make something happen, not just talk about it but create a solution that solves all these problems,” Love said. “And it’s not about applying it to the adult industry … It’s maintaining and preserving the free and fair market, but also applying equal application of the laws that we’re able to set in, so that there’s not that one ‘target.’”

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Operation Legend Has Led To Nearly 1500 Arrests, 207 Federal Criminal Charges So Far Says Attorney General William Barr

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PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF “OPERATION LEGEND”:

Law enforcement officers have made nearly 1,500 arrests, including 90 homicide arrests, and charged 207 individuals with federal crimes across 9 major U.S. cities since the Department of Justice (DOJ) rolled out Operation Legend in early July, according to a Wednesday statement from Attorney General William Barr.

The DOJ defines Operation Legend as “a sustained, systematic and coordinated law enforcement initiative across all federal law enforcement agencies working in conjunction with state and local law enforcement officials to fight the sudden surge of violent crime” in a July 8 news release.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has also seized nearly 400 firearms in this time period as well. Nearly half of the federal charges levied have been for federal gun crime offenses thus far.

More than 1,000 federal law enforcement officers have been dispatched to Operation Legend cities, and $78.5 million has been made available to local and state law enforcement partners in the form of grants and other funds. These funds can be used to hire more police officers and prosecutors, or to invest in better technologies and methods to help crack more cases, Barr said in a press conference in Kansas City, Missouri.

Operation Legend is named after LeGend Taliferro, a four-year-old murder victim who was shot in the face while sleeping in his own bed in the early-morning hours of June 29. LeGend’s hometown of Kansas City, Missouri was the initiative’s flagship city, and the federal government has dispatched 185 federal law enforcement officers from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), ATF, and U.S. Marshals Service to Kansas City thus far.

“For us, LeGend is a symbol of the many hundreds of innocent lives that have been taken in the recent upsurge of crime in many of our urban areas. His life mattered, and the lives of all of those victims matter,” said Barr. “His name should be remembered, and his senseless death, like those of all the other innocent victims in this recent surge, should be unacceptable to all Americans.”

A Jackson County prosecutor announced last week that LeGend’s suspected killer, Ryson Ellis, 22, has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon, and two counts of armed criminal action. LeGend’s alleged killer is 1 of 18 homicide arrests made in the last four weeks according to US Attorney for the Western District of Missouri Tim Garrison, per Barr in his press conference. Those four weeks also saw the seizure of 78 illegal firearms, and more than 20 gun-related federal criminal charges.

Two weeks after the launch of Operation LeGend, President Donald Trump, accompanied by Attorney General Barr, Acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf, and families victimized by the recent surge in violent crime, announced that Operation LeGend’s efforts would extend to Chicago, Illinois and Albuquerque, New Mexico. The DOJ expanded Operation Legend into Cleveland, Detroit, and Milwaukee in late July, and Memphis, St. Louis, and Indianapolis in August, and the initiative’s efforts remain ongoing.

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Minneapolis Residents Sue City Council And Mayor For Failing To Staff Police Amid Crime Surge

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A group of Minneapolis residents are suing the Minneapolis City Council and Mayor Jacob Frey for failing to manage the city’s police force amid a surge in violent crime, Alpha News reported.

The eight residents allege that the recent actions of the City Council and mayor have driven out officers, which the leaders have no plans to replace as the city moves toward plans to defund the police, Alpha News reported.

“Minneapolis is in a crisis. The city faces a violent crime rate that has skyrocketed this year. It is the responsibility of the City Council and the Mayor to make Minneapolis safe. Instead, the City Council and Mayor Jacob Frey have violated their duties to fund, employ and manage a police force as required by the City Charter,” states the lawsuit, which was filed in Hennepin County District Court.

More than 150 Minneapolis police officers began the process to file disability claims in July following the death of George Floyd and subsequent riots and protests. Most officers reported suffering Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and mentioned the exhaustion of working long shifts without support from city leadership.

At least 80 officers have retired or quit in recent months, and by the end of July more than 200 had applied for disability. By the end of the year, the number of officers could sink to as little as 500 — far below the required 743 officers — according to Alpa News. Frey reportedly doesn’t plan to replace the officers due to a citywide hiring freeze.

“Rather than work to improve public safety, the City Council and Mayor Jacob Frey are making the city unsafe for its citizens, thus requiring this Court’s intervention,” it says.

“The safety of our families and community require an adequately staffed and deployed police force. The actions of the City Council and Mayor Frey in driving out unprecedented numbers of Minneapolis police officers, and then canceling all hiring of replacements, endangers our community, our residents and our children,” said Cathy Spann, one of the suit’s eight plaintiffs, who are represented by the Upper Midwest Law Center, Alpha News reported.

Following the death of George Floyd in May, the Minneapolis City Council proposed dismantling the police department. The proposal will not appear on November ballots for voters to decide on the issue because a Charter Commission chose to take additional time to review the proposal after determining in August that it was rushed and gave the city councils too much power.

Dozens of Minneapolis businesses have expressed concerns with the prospect of the police department being dismantled, reporting in a survey that they are considering leaving downtown.

“We demand the City Council and Mayor comply with the Charter and, rather than ‘defund the police,’ take all necessary steps to increase the number of police in active service to the minimum of 743 officers required by the City Charter,” Spann continued.

The lawsuit asks the court to order the mayor and city council to meet the minimum number of officers as well as to take the steps to train and fund them. A chair of the Upper Midwest Law Center stated that while the city council claims this number of officers is not required for public safety, the city pays more than $150,000 for private armed security for its council members.

“While the City Council claims that the Charter-required minimum number of armed police is not required for public safety, when it comes to their own safety, their actions stink of hypocrisy,” chair of the Upper Midwest Law Center Howard Root said in a press release.

“So at the same time the City Council has determined that the citizens require less police protection, they have hired their own special private police force to provide added security for themselves at taxpayer expense,” he continued, according to Alpha News.

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Culture reporter.

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List of over 100 Monuments and Memorials Defaced and or Removed by Antifa and BLM Thugs

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Wikipedia has listed those monuments and memorials removed by the counter culture Antifa and Black Lives Matter Marxist organizations.

There are 82 entries in this table, as of July 16. It does not include Virginia, which is in a second table that follows.

Monument/memorial City State Removal announced Removed Means of removal Description Ref
Statue of Charles Linn Birmingham Alabama — May 31 Toppled by protesters Toppled by protesters who unsuccessfully attempted to remove the nearby Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument. [8]
Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument Birmingham Alabama May 31 June 1 Removed by city The mayor said the $25,000 fine for violating the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act was more affordable than the cost of continued unrest. The fine was paid by July 10. [9]
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Bust of Robert E. Lee Fort Myers Florida June 1 June 1 Removed by Sons of Confederate Veterans Removed from downtown by its owner, the Sons of Confederate Veterans. [13]
Statue of Robert E. Lee at Robert E. Lee High School Montgomery Alabama — June 1 Toppled by protesters Four people were charged with felony criminal mischief over removal of this statue. [14]
Bentonville Confederate Monument Bentonville Confederate Monument Bentonville Arkansas June 1 — Plans for removal by United Daughters of the Confederacy Removal announced during protests [15]
Athens Confederate Monument Athens Confederate Monument Athens Georgia June 2 August 10 Removed by the city The mayor and city commissioners announced plans to remove the monument. [16]
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Nash County Confederate Monument Rocky Mount North Carolina June 2 June 30 Dismantled and placed in storage The City Council of Rocky Mount voted to remove the monument. [19][20]
Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument Indianapolis Indiana June 4 June 8 Removed by city A resolution to remove the monument passed the Indianapolis Parks Board in 2017, but was not funded. The mayor announced it would be removed. [21]
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Statue of Raphael Semmes Statue of Raphael Semmes Mobile Alabama June 5 June 5 Removed by city Statue of Confederate Navy Admiral Raphael Semmes removed from downtown on orders of Mayor Sandy Stimpson. The $25,000 fine was paid by July 10. [24]
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Statue of Sam Davis Nashville Tennessee June 5 June 12 Removed by school Statue of Confederate soldier Sam Davis removed from the campus of Montgomery Bell Academy. [26][27]
John B. Castleman Monument John B. Castleman Monument Louisville Kentucky June 8 June 8 Removed by city Statue of John Breckinridge Castleman removed to be placed at his burial at Cave Hill Cemetery. [28]
Jacksonville Confederate Monument Jacksonville Confederate Monument Jacksonville Florida June 9 June 9 Removed by city Overnight removed the monument from a Confederate monument in Hemming Park, leaving an empty pedestal. [29]
Denton Confederate Soldier Monument Denton Confederate Soldier Memorial Denton Texas June 9 June 25 Removed by county Denton County commissioners voted to remove and relocate the monument. [30]
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The Grandstand
Confederate Memorial Services		 Jacksonville Florida June 9 — Plans for removal by city Mayor announced removal of all Confederate monuments, memorials, and markers, including this in Old City Cemetery. [33]
Confederate Monument Monument to Confederate war soldiers Fort Worth Texas June 9 June 13 Removed by Tarrant County County commission voted to remove the monument in front of Tarrant County Courthouse. [34]
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Florida’s Tribute to the Women of the Confederacy Monument to the Women of the Southland Jacksonville Florida June 9 — Plans for removal by city Mayor announced removal of all Confederate monuments, memorials, and markers, including this one in Confederate Park. [33]
Multiple historic markers Jacksonville Florida June 10 — Plans for removal by Mayor Lenny Curry Announced plans to remove all Confederate monuments including these 8 items: Maple Leaf at Northbank Riverwalk, Maple Leaf at Walter Jones Historical Park, Florida Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Home marker in Old City Cemetery, Line of Entrenchment at old Jacksonville Terminal, Skirmish At Cedar Creek at Lenox Avenue, 1914 United Confederate Veteran’s Reunion at Confederate Park, 23 informational signs and 58 tree signs at Camp Milton Historic Preserve, and In Memory of Our Beloved Ancestors – Ground Marker at Old City Cemetery. [33]
Confederate Soldier Memorial Confederate Soldier Memorial Huntsville Alabama June 10 — Removal authorized by unanimous vote of Madison County Commission. State review committee said they did not have legal authority to authorize removal; referred to Alabama Attorney General. Activists have raised $25,000 to pay the fine, if removed illegally. The memorial, constructed in 1905, is located in front of the Madison County Courthouse. The county would be fined $25,000 if it removed the memorial without state approval under a 2017 law designed to protect historical structures and monuments. [36]
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Gloria Victis Gloria Victis Salisbury North Carolina June 11 July 6–7 Two unanimous votes by city council, plus police chief declared it a risk to public safety June 20, UDC signed the city’s proposal to have the sculpture moved to Old Lutheran Cemetery. [38]
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Spirit of the Confederacy Spirit of the Confederacy Houston Texas June 11 June 17 Removed by city To be moved to the Houston Museum of African American Culture. [41]
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Statue of Richard W. Dowling Statue of Richard W. Dowling Houston Texas June 11 June 17 Removed by city, disassembled and placed in storage Initial plans to relocate the statue of Dick Dowling to Sabine Pass Battleground State Historic Site were scuttled following objections by the mayor of Port Arthur. City uncertain over where statue will be relocated [44]
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Gadsden Confederate Memorial Gadsden Confederate Memorial Quincy Florida June 11 June 11 Crane to remove it appeared 30 minutes after county commissioners’ unanimous vote. Removed from the front of the Gadsden County Courthouse. Will be relocated within six months. [46]
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Confederate War Memorial The Confederate War Memorial in 2006 Dallas Texas June 12 June 24 Removed by city To prevent protester injuries during potential vandalism attempts, the monument has been placed in storage, pending resolution of legal dispute over final disposition. [49]
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DeKalb County Confederate Monument DeKalb County Confederate Monument Decatur Georgia June 12 June 18 Monument removal ordered by Georgia Superior Court Justice The monument was ordered removed by Superior Court Justice Clarence Seeliger on the grounds that it constituted a public nuisance under the Georgia code. [51]
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Statue of Jefferson Davis Jefferson Davis by Frederick Cleveland Hibbard - Kentucky State Capitol - DSC09226.JPG Frankfort Kentucky June 12 June 13 Removed by state The Historic Properties Advisory Commission voted to move the statue from the capitol rotunda to the Jefferson Davis State Historic Site. Removed the following day. [53]
Stand Watie and Confederate Soldier Fountain GENERAL VIEW OF FRONT ELEVATION WITH OBELISK MONUMENT IN FOREGROUND, FROM WEST - Cherokee National Capitol Building, 101-29 South Muskogee Avenue, Tahlequah, Cherokee County, OK HABS OKLA,11-TAHL,2-2.tif Tahlequah Oklahoma June 13 June 13 Removed by Cherokee Nation Watie headed the Confederate-allied Cherokee. The fountain was dedicated in 1913 by the Daughters of the Confederacy rather than the Cherokee Nation. [54]
Stand Watie Monument Tahlequah Oklahoma June 13 June 13 Removed by Cherokee Nation The monument was dedicated in 1921 by the Daughters of the Confederacy rather than the Cherokee Nation. [54]
Pitt County Confederate Soldiers Monument Confederate statue - Pitt County Courthouse - Greenville, North Carolina.jpg Greenville North Carolina June 15 June 22 Removed by county County, which owns the statue, voted to remove immediately under “reason of threatened public safety”. [55]
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Washington County, Mississippi Confederate Monument Greenville Mississippi June 16 County commission voted 4–1 to move the monument from its position in front of courthouse. [57]
Iberville Parish Confederate Monument Plaquemine Louisiana June 16 Parish Council voted unanimously for removal. [58]
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Zebulon Baird Vance Monument Vance Monument - Asheville, NC.jpg Asheville North Carolina June 16 Scaffolding built, monument shrouded on July 9. Asheville City Council and Buncombe County Council City and County councils both unanimously passed a joint-resolution to remove monument. United Daughters of the Confederacy must remove it immediately, or the city and county will remove it. [60]
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Montgomery County Confederate Soldiers Monument White’s Ferry, Dickerson Maryland June 16 Removed by private owner, who also renamed Gen. Jubal A. Early ferry boat. Until 2017, had stood in front of the Montgomery County courthouse in Rockville, Maryland. [62]
Hey Reb! Las Vegas Nevada June 16 June 16 Removed by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas The statue is a representation of Hey Reb!, the mascot of the UNLV Rebels. It was donated to the university in 2007 and was situated outside the Richard Tam Alumni Center before its removal. [63]
Monument to 60th Regiment NC Volunteers and Battle of Chickamauga Asheville North Carolina June 17 July 14 Removed by Buncombe County Commission Formerly located in front of the county courthouse. [64]
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Robert E. Lee Dixie Highway, Colonel John Connally Marker Confederate Memorial, Asheville, NC (45829088515).jpg Asheville North Carolina June 17 July 10 Removed jointly Buncombe County Commission and City of Asheville Placed in storage. Base left for any future use of the site. [64]
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Confederate Cow Calvary Monument Plant City Florida June 18 June 11 (one week before announcement) Removed by city council, placed in storage Monument to 1st Florida Special Cavalry Battalion also known as the “Cow Calvary” due to them protecting farmlands during the war. Monument was placed by United Daughter’s of Confederacy in 2007 on public land without city approval. City requesting UDC to retrieve monument from storage. [68]
Jefferson Davis Memorial Boulder Brownsville Texas June 17 Removed by city Removed from Washington Park. [69]
Robert E. Lee Highway Marker San Diego California June 18 Removed by San Diego Parks and Recreation and Stockdale Capital Partners The marker was located in the Horton Plaza Park prior to its removal. [70]
Memorial to Company A, Capitol Guards Memorial to Company A, Capitol Guards Little Rock Arkansas June 18 Removed by city The statue will be placed in storage until a location can be found for it. [71]
North Carolina State Confederate Monument North Carolina State Confederate Monument Raleigh North Carolina June 19 June 19 Two statues toppled by protesters; remainder removed by work crew Protesters pulled down the two statues at the base of the monument, dragging one through the streets and hanging it from a street light. Removal of remainder ordered by Governor Roy Cooper shortly afterward. [72]
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Albert Pike Memorial The statue of Albert Pike Washington District of Columbia June 19 Toppled and set afire by protesters during Juneteenth The statue was wrapped in chains before it was toppled. The D.C. government wanted to remove the work in 2017, but could not do so without an act of Congress. [74]
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Pine Bluff Confederate Monument The Pine Bluff Confederate Monument Pine Bluff Arkansas June 20 June 20 County judge and United Daughters of the Confederacy The statue was removed from the Jefferson County Courthouse as part of a cooperative agreement between Jefferson County Judge Gerald Robinson and the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The statue was transferred to an undisclosed location where it can be cleaned and repaired [78]
Statue of Henry Lawson Wyatt Henry Lawson Wyatt by Gutzon Borglum - DSC05862.JPG Raleigh North Carolina — June 21 Removed by governor’s order Removal ordered by Governor Roy Cooper after protesters removed statues at base of Confederate Monument. [73]
Monument to North Carolina Women of the Confederacy[a] Women of the Confederacy by Augustus Lukeman - DSC05875.JPG Raleigh North Carolina — June 21 Removed by governor’s order Removal ordered by Governor Roy Cooper after protesters removed statues at base of Confederate Monument. [73]
Confederate Soldiers’ Memorial Bridge sign and statue Clarksville Tennessee Week of June 15 Removed by city The sign and monument were allegedly removed for their own protection. [79]
Confederate soldier grave marker Confederate Memorial, Silver Spring, MD.jpg Silver Spring Maryland June 17 Toppled by protesters The statue was located at Grace Episcopal Church. It marked the remains of seventeen unidentified Confederate soldiers killed during the Battle of Fort Stevens. [80]
Confederate Monument Oxford - Confederate Monument.jpg Oxford Mississippi June 18 July 14 Relocated by University of Mississippi The statue was previously located in front of the university’s main administration building. It was the site of a pro-segregation riot in 1962 and a pro-Confederate protest in 2019. The statue was previously vandalized by protestors. It will be moved to a Confederate cemetery on campus. [81]
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Confederate Memorial Obelisk St. Augustine Florida June 22 City commissioners voted 3–2 on June 22, 2020 to move the obelisk. [83]
“To our Confederate dead” monument Confederate Monument Louisburg North Carolina June 22 June 29 Removed by city Louisburg Town Council voted to move the monument to Oakwood Cemetery. [84]
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Leflore County Confederate Monument Greenwood Mississippi June 23 County commission voted unanimously to move monument from in front of courthouse. [86]
Our Confederate Soldiers Confederate Monument, Wiess Park, Beaumont, Texas.jpg Beaumont Texas June 23 June 29 City Council of Beaumont voted to remove it. [87]
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Warrenton County Confederate Soldiers Monument Warrenton North Carolina June 23 June 24 Removed by county, placed in storage County commissioners unanimously voted to remove monument [89]
The Granville Gray Oxford North Carolina June 24 June 24 Removed by county, placed in storage Granville County commissioners voted to remove monument after threats were made to topple monument. County announced that they would vote later on where to relocate monument [90]
Lenoir County Confederate Monument Kinston North Carolina June 25 July 1 Removed by Lenoir County Board of Commissioners The statue was relocated from the Lenoir County visitor’s center to the First Battle of Kinston Civil War Battlefield Park. This the fifth time the statue has been moved. [91]
Confederate Memorial Confederate Memorial Wilmington North Carolina Not announced June 25 Temporarily removed by city [92]
George Davis Monument George Davis Monument Wilmington North Carolina Not announced June 25 Temporarily removed by city Davis was a Confederate senator and Attorney General. [92]
Confederate Memorial Minden Confederate monument 1946.jpg Minden Louisiana Not announced June 26 Removed by owner, United Daughters of the Confederacy [93]
Confederate Monument Confederate Monument Fayetteville North Carolina Not announced June 27 Removed by owner, United Daughters of the Confederacy [94]
Monument to Confederate Dead (Haymount area) Monument to Confederate Dead in Fayetteville NC image 2.jpg Fayetteville North Carolina Not announced June 27 Removed by owners, Sons of Confederate Veterans and United Daughters of the Confederacy [95]
Lowndes County, Alabama, Confederate Monument Hayneville Alabama June 29 Removal ordered by county The memorial is located near the Lowndes County Courthouse. The county expects to be fined under the Alabama Memorial Preservation Act. [96]
Kanawha Riflemen memorial Charleston West Virginia June 29 June 29 Removed by city The monument consisted of a standing commemorative plaque connected to two stone benches; the benches were not removed. [97]
Statue of Confederate soldier Monument to the Unknown Confederate Soldiers Mount Olivet Cemetery06262012.JPG Frederick Maryland June 29 (discovered) Toppled and beheaded; not likely to be repaired [98]
Rockdale County Confederate Monument Rockdale County Confederate Monument Conyers Georgia June 30 Removed by Rockdale County Commission [99]
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Confederate Monument Confed memorial 1272.JPG Orangeburg South Carolina June 30 Removal requires a ​2⁄3 vote of the South Carolina Legislature. Orangeville City Council voted unanimously for removal. [102]
Confederate Monument (Cross Creek Cemetery) Confederate Soldiers Monument (1868), Fayetteville, North Carolina.jpg Fayetteville North Carolina — June 30 Removed by owner The oldest Confederate monument in North Carolina. [103]
Slave whipping post Georgetown Delaware June 29 July 1 Removed by state [104]
Statue of Alfred Mouton Lafayette Louisiana July 1 Lafayette mayor made public statement; asks 1980 injunction be lifted [105]
Two statues commemorating specific events McConnellsburg Pennsylvania July 2 The first statue is a historical marker commemorating a skirmish that killed two Confederate soldiers separated from their unit. The second memorial commemorates a meal given to Confederate soldiers by McConnellsburg residents after the 1864 burning of Chambersburg. Two historical markers, noting the same events, were also removed. [106]
Mt. Zion Confederate Monument Cornelius North Carolina July 2 Church Board asked for its removal [107]
Monument to Confederate Brigadier General Albert G. Jenkins Hampden Township Pennsylvania July 3 (confirmed) Removed by owner of land [108]
Statue of Benjamin Welch Owens Lothian Maryland July 3 (discovered) Toppled by protesters The statue was also vandalized in June. [109]
United Confederate Veterans Memorial Seattle - Lake View Cemetery - Confederate Veterans memorial.jpg Seattle Washington — July 3/4 Toppled by protesters The monument was toppled by unknown persons, apparently on July 3, 2020. In the process, the lower ends of both formerly vertical columns were broken in multiple places. [110]
Judah P. Benjamin Monument Sarasota Florida Mid-June July 5 Removed by city manager Removed along with a marker dedicated to Benjamin. [111]
Cape Girardeau Confederate Memorial Cape Girardeau Confederate Memorial Cape Girardeau Missouri July 6 Removal approved by city council [112]
Bolivar County Confederate Monument WCHandyBluesTrailMarker.jpg Cleveland Mississippi July 6 County Commissioners voted unanimously to relocate the statue [113]
Lowndes County, Mississippi, Confederate soldier Columbus Mississippi July 6 County Commissioners voted unanimously to relocate the statue. [113]
Greensboro Confederate Statue (Green Hill Cemetery) Greensboro North Carolina July 6 July 7 Toppled by protestors; moved to storage [114]
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Lee Square Confederate Monument Confederate Monument, Lee Square, Pensacola, Florida.jpg Pensacola Florida July 7 The City of Pensacola is calling for its removal. Lee Square may also be renamed Florida Square. The monument was vandalized with red paint on the night of June 29. [116]
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Henry County Confederate Monument Confederate Memorial, McDonough, GA, US.jpg McDonough Georgia July 7 July 29 Removed by county comissions Disassembled, base still remains currently [118][119]
Anson County Courthouse Confederate monument Anson County Courthouse, facade 02.jpg Wadesboro North Carolina July 7 July 8 Removed by county [120]
Marker of Jefferson Davis Highway Hwy. 99 near Bakersfield California July 8 June 17 (three weeks before announcement) Moved by county to storage area at Kern County Museum [121]
Statue of Henry Watkins Allen Port Allen Louisiana July 8 The Port Allen City Council has requested that West Baton Rouge Parish remove the statue. [122]
Nathan Bedford Forrest Bust Nashville Tennessee July 9 Tennessee Capital Commission voted to relocate bust Bust currently located at state capital. Plan is to relocate to a museum, likely not until 2021 [123]
Bust of Charles Didier Dreux New Orleans Louisiana July 10 Toppled by protesters; city has not announced plans for the statue Bust commemorating Confederate officer Charles Didier Dreux. The nose had previously been chiseled off the statue by protesters [124]
David O. Dodd memorial bench and historical marker David O. Dodd Memorial.JPG Little Rock Arkansas July 10 July 9 or 10 Removed by city The two structures were previously located in MacArthur Park. They honored Dodd, a 17 year-old executed by the Union for spying for the Confederacy. [125]
1929 Confederate Reunion Marker Charlotte 1929 Confederate Reunion Marker.jpg Charlotte North Carolina — July 10 Removed at direction of county commissioner, placed in storage Marker commemorated a reunion with confederate veterans in 1929. Marker has previously been vandalized in recent years and had glass enclosure placed around it to protect it. Glass case left empty. [126]
Sampson County Confederate Monument Sampson County Confederate Monument.jpg Clinton North Carolina Not announced July 11 Damaged by protesters after the city council passed a resolution asking the county to remove it [127]
Pasquotank County Confederate Monument Elizabeth City North Carolina July 13 Removal ordered by county [128]
Leonard Park Confederate Monument Gainesville Texas July 14 Unanimous vote of city council Plan to relocate monument to Grayson County Frontier Village historical site in Denison, Texas. [129]
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Madison County Confederate Monument Madison Florida July 14 Blacks on the County Commission voted for removal, whites to leave it. [131]
Confederate soldier memorial Macon Georgia July 14 The City is moving it, but how to pay for the substantial cost is unresolved. It will be relocated to Whittle Park. On the site of a former slave market. In a second phase of statue removal, the County’s Women of the South memorial may be moved. [132]
Caddo Parish Confederate Monument Shreveport Louisiana July 20 Parish commission and UDC agreed to move monument to different location, pending agreement on new location Parish to build wooden box around monument to protect and cover structure before its relocation [133]
Memorial to Arizona Confederate troops CSA monument, Phoenix AZ, USA.jpg Phoenix Arizona July 22 July 23 Removed by UDC overnight UDC requested to take back monument from public property and find new location on private property [134]
Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway marker Gold Canyon Arizona July 22 July 23 Removed by UDC overnight UDC requested to take back monument from public property and find new location on private property [134]
Caldwell County Confederate Monument Lockhart Texas July 28 County commission approved removal Plans to relocate statue to Caldwell County Museum [135]
Gaston County Confederate Monument Gastonia North Carolina August 4 County commission voted to relocate statue Monument currently in front of courthouse. SCV has 6 months to submit a proposal for the monument’s new location [136]
Daviess County Confederate Monument Owensboro Kentucky August 6 County Fiscal Court voted to relocate monument Fiscal Court set up a relocation committee to plan for the removal and find a new location. Monument currently in front of the courthouse. [137]
Virginia[edit]
See also: List of Confederate monuments and memorials in Virginia and Monument Avenue

Virginia, where the CSA had its capital in Richmond, has the most Confederate monuments of any U.S. state. A March 2020 change in the law of Virginia had already essentially repealed the statute preventing removal of historical monuments, effective from July 1, 2020. This change became possible when voters, after electing the Democrat Ralph Northam as Governor in 2017, gave the Democrats control of both houses of the Virginia General Assembly from January 2020, for the first time in a generation.[138]

Monument/memorial City State Removal announced Removed Means of removal Description Ref
Appomattox Appomattox statue Alexandria Virginia — May 31 Removed by United Daughters of the Confederacy The owner, United Daughters of the Confederacy, moved the date up because of the protests. [139]
Norfolk Confederate Monument Norfolk Confederate Monument Norfolk Virginia June 2 June 16 Removed by city City Council approved removal; located at a former slave auction site. Johnny Reb statue atop the monument removed June 12; rest of monument removed by June 16. [140]
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Robert E. Lee Monument Robert E. Lee Monument Richmond Virginia June 3 — Plans for removal by state Governor announced removal “as soon as possible”; monument on state land. [143]
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J. E. B. Stuart Monument J. E. B. Stuart Monument Richmond Virginia June 3 July 7 Removed by City of Richmond[145] Planned removal of the four Confederate monuments on city land.[146] After the J. E. B. Stuart statue was removed, the Robert E. Lee statue became the last remaining Confederate monument located on Richmond’s Monument Avenue.[147]
Stonewall Jackson Monument Stonewall Jackson Monument Richmond Virginia June 3 July 1 Removed by City of Richmond Planned removal of the four Confederate monuments on city land. [146][148]
Matthew Fontaine Maury Monument Matthew Fontaine Maury Monument Richmond Virginia June 3 July 2 Removed by City of Richmond One of the four Confederate monuments on city land. [146]
Slave Auction Block Slave auction block Fredericksburg Virginia 2019 June 5 Removed by city A slave auction block was removed from the downtown and will be displayed in the Fredericksburg Area Museum. [149]
Robert E. Lee Memorial Roanoke Virginia June 5 July 23 Toppled and damaged by protester, city removed monument afterwards City Council had voted earlier to start the legal process to remove the monument and rename Lee Plaza. City will keep monument in storage until fate of statue is determined [150][151]
Statue of Williams Carter Wickham Statue of Williams Carter Wickham Richmond Virginia — June 6 Toppled by protesters Pulled from its base and tumbled to the ground. [152]
Jefferson Davis Memorial Jefferson Davis Memorial Richmond Virginia June 3 June 10 Statue of Davis toppled by protesters; the rest of the memorial was not damaged Planned removal of the four Confederate monuments on city land. Protesters toppled the statue from its plinth on June 10. [146]
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Confederate Monument Portsmouth, Virginia (8596805587).jpg Portsmouth Virginia June 9 June 10 Four statues decapitated and one pulled down by protesters City campaign to remove it already underway. [154]
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Plaques and stained-glass windows at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Interior of St. Pauls Episcopal Church Richmond (VA) 2013 (8759347988).jpg Richmond Virginia June 14 Removal approved by vestry of seven plaques ‘associated with the Lost Cause era and ideology’ and rededicate the stained-glass windows installed as memorials to Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, and their families This is the church Lee and Davis attended in Richmond; Jefferson Davis was a member. The windows and plaques contain no battle flags or Confederate imagery. [156]
Howitzer Monument Howitzer Monument, Caspar Buber, Richmond VA, USA 1892.jpg Richmond Virginia June 16 June 16 Toppled by protesters Pulled off its pedestal by a rope. Was located near Virginia Commonwealth University’s Monroe Park campus. [157]
Judah Benjamin marker Charlotte North Carolina June 24 Removed by city The marker consisted of black granite and located near a sidewalk. It was paid for by a local synagogue in the late 1940s. A local branch of the Daughters of the Confederacy initially proposed placing the marker, but they ceased support after being told not to work with Jews by a New York banker. [158]
Loudoun County Confederate monument Loudoun County Courthouse in Leesburg,Virginia.jpg Leesburg Virginia June 26 July 21 Removed overnight by UDC County had voted to remove monument [159][160]
Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument Richmond VA 2006.JPG Richmond Virginia July 1 July 8 Removed by city The sixth city-owned Confederate monument ordered removed by Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney on July 1. [161]
Fitzhugh Lee cross Richmond Virginia July 9 Removed by city Fitzhugh served as a Major General in the Confederate Army and later as the governor of Virginia. [162]
Statue of Joseph Bryan Couper in VA (cropped).jpg Richmond Virginia July 9 Removed by city Bryan owned the Richmond Times-Dispatch and served in Mosby’s Rangers during the Civil War. [162]
Farmville Confederate statue Farmville Virginia June 15 June 18 Removal ordered by town council A pedestal supporting the soldier statue was not removed. The statue was placed in offsite storage pending final disposition or relocation. [163]
Bust of Hunter Holmes McGuire Richmond Virginia July 16 Committee at Virginia Commonwealth University recommended removing bust from library along with removing several plagues and renaming several buildings around campus [164]
Virginia Beach Confederate monument Virginia Beach Virginia July 23 July 25 Removed by city council Placed in storage, city will solicit proposals from museums for relocations [165]
Statue of Robert E. Lee

Busts of Fitzhugh Lee, J.E.B. Stuart, Stonewall Jackson, Joseph E. Johnston, Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens

Plaque for Thomas Bocock

 Richmond Virginia July 24 July 24 Removed by order of House Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn One statue, six busts, and one plaque commemorating Confederate leaders were removed from the Virginia State Capitol‘s Old House Chamber, where rebel leaders met when Richmond was the capitol of the Confederacy. Filler-Corn announced the creation of an advisory group to propose new memorials for the House. [166]
Two Confederate cannons Richmond Virginia July 2 Removed by city One of the cannons was located near the Arthur Ashe memorial; its plaque claimed that the cannon marked the second line of the Confederate defense of Richmond. The second cannon was located near the Jefferson Davis memorial. [167]
Newport News Virginia August 12 City Council voted 6-1 to remove The monument for the Confederate veterans of Company H, 32nd Virginia Infantry has been covered since June 11 [168]

Genocide of indigenous peoples[edit]

Monuments dedicated to individuals accused of involvement in the genocide of indigenous peoples in the Americas have been removed.[169][170]

Juan de Oñate, when governor of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, was responsible for the 1599 Acoma Massacre. Junípero Serra, a Franciscan friar, who was involved in enslaving Chumash people in the 18th century for the building and supplying of the Spanish missions in California.[171][172][173] Diego de Vargas, also governor of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, led the reconquest of the territory in 1692, after the Pueblo Revolt of 1680.

A handful of towns in Spain have offered to receive statues of Spaniards unwanted in the U.S.[174]

Monument/memorial City State Removal announced Removed Means of removal Description Ref
Equestrian statue of Juan de Oñate Equestrian statue of Juan de Oñate Alcalde New Mexico June 15 June 15 Temporarily removed by Río Arriba County authorities The right foot of the statue was cut off and stolen in 1997, in reference to Oñate’s Acoma Massacre, in which the right foot of every male over 25 was cut off. [175]
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Statue of Juan de Oñate 2013, Cuarto Centenario - "La Jornada" - Renaldo 'Sonny' Rivera, Betty Sabo, 2005 - panoramio (7).jpg Albuquerque New Mexico — June 16 Removed by city pending a decision on next steps Statue in front of the Albuquerque Museum removed after an armed counter-protestor shot a protester. [177]
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Statue of Diego de Vargas Statue of Diego de Vargas Santa Fe New Mexico June 17 June 18 Removal ordered by the mayor Vargas is remembered for reconquering Santa Fe de Nuevo México after the Pueblo Revolt. The statue was removed from Cathedral Park under the direction of Mayor Alan Webber. [179]
Kit Carson Obelisk Santa Fe Federal Courthouse, with the Kit Carson obelisk to the left Santa Fe New Mexico June 18 Removal ordered by the mayor In front of federal courthouse [180]
Father Serra statue Father Junípero Serra Statue.jpg Ventura California July 15 July 26 Removal voted 6–0 by Ventura City Council (includes wooden replica by local carvers). Previously agreed to by the Mayor and representatives of the Barbareño/Ventureño Band of Mission Indians and Mission San Buenaventura. 1936 commission in front of Ventura County Courthouse by the Works Progress Administration as part of the Federal Art Project [181]
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Statue of Junípero Serra Statue of Junípero Serra San Francisco California June 19 June 19 Toppled by protesters Was installed in Golden Gate Park [184]
Statue of Junípero Serra Father Junipero Serra (cropped).jpg Los Angeles California June 20 June 20 Toppled by protesters Was displayed on Olvera Street, the center of Los Angeles when it was Mexican. [185]
Statue of Junípero Serra Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, CA USA - panoramio (3).jpg San Luis Obispo California June 22 June 22 Removed by Catholic Church Was displayed on grounds of the San Luis Obispo Mission [186][187]
Statue of Junípero Serra Carmel California June 23 Removed by city as a safeguarding measure There are several statues of Serra in Carmel. This is the one by Jo Mora, at intersection of Serra Avenue with Camino Del Monte. [188]
Statue of Kit Carson, Pioneer Fountain Pioneer Monument by Frederick William MacMonnies - DSC01379.JPG Denver Colorado June 26 June 26 Removed by city The Carson statue was the third statue removed in Denver within two days; it was removed so as to prevent it from being toppled by protesters. [189]
Statue of Junípero Serra Junípero Serra, Mission San Gabriel, San Gabriel, California.jpg San Gabriel California Not announced About June 30 Moved from the front of the mission to its garden, described as “away from public view” [190]
Statue of Junípero Serra Statue of Junípero Serra Sacramento California July 4 Toppled by protesters [191]
Statue of John Mason Major John Mason by James C. G. Hamilton, dedicated 1889 - Palisado Green - Windsor, Connecticut - DSC04394.jpg Windsor Connecticut July 6 City must get approval from state, which owns the statue, in order to move it to the Windsor Historical Society Mason is remembered for his role in the Pequot Massacre. [192]
Statue of Alexander Andreyevich Baranov Statue of Alexandr Baranov (Sitka, Alska; cropped).jpg Sitka Alaska July 14 Sitka Assembly voted 6–1 to move the statue from the front of Harrigan Centennial Hall into the Sitka Historical Museum Baranov was a Chief Manager of the Russian-American Company involved in the Russian colonization of Alaska, including founding Sitka (as New Archangel) and Kodiak (as Pavlovskaya Gavan). He is said to have been involved in the genocide of the native Tlingit and Aleut people. [193]
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Christopher Columbus[edit]
See also: List of monuments and memorials to Christopher Columbus

Several statues of Christopher Columbus, the initiator of the European colonization of the Americas, have been removed because of his enslavement of and systemic violence against the indigenous peoples of the Caribbean, including the genocide of the Taíno people.

Monument/memorial City State Removal announced Removed Means of removal Description Ref
Statue

Ferruccio Legnaioli, 1926

 Christopher Columbus statue Richmond Virginia June 9 June 9 Toppled by protesters The statue was toppled, lit on fire, and dumped in a nearby lake by protesters who stated they were acting in solidarity with Native Americans. [195]
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Statue

Carlo Brioschi, 1931

 Christopher Columbus statue Saint Paul Minnesota June 10 June 10 Toppled by protesters The statue, located next to the Minnesota Capitol Building, was toppled by members of the American Indian Movement. [198]
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Statue

Andrew J. Mazzola, 1979

 Statue of Christopher Columbus Boston Massachusetts — June 11 Decapitated by protesters, removed by city The statue was removed following vandalism and a review [200]
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Statue

1915

 Camden New Jersey June 11 June 11 Removed by city Removal ordered by mayor Frank Moran after many years of vandalism. [202]
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Statue Houston Texas June 11 June 19 Removed by city The statue was removed from Bell Park a week after being vandalized with red paint and having a hand cut off. [204]
Statue New London Connecticut June 11 — Mayor ordered removal The statue will be removed pending a review [205]
Statue Wilmington Delaware June 12 June 12 Removed by city Removal ordered by mayor Mike Purzycki to be stored while the display of the statue is discussed. [206]
Statue Statue of Christopher Columbus (Columbia, South Carolina).jpg Columbia South Carolina June 12 June 12 Removed by city Removal and storage ordered by mayor Steve Benjamin and City Council. [207]
Statue Chula Vista California — June 12 City put statue in storage ahead of a protest Fate of statue will be decided by public forum [208]
Statue Middletown Connecticut — June 13 City of Middletown removed statue Statue was already slated to be stored due to maintenance work at the park [209]
Christopher Columbus Monument West Orange New Jersey June 13 — Removal ordered by West Orange Mayor Robert Parisi The monument was installed in 1992. Removal ordered by West Orange Mayor Robert Parisi. No final removal date has been announced yet. [210]
Bust Detroit Michigan June 15 June 15 Removed by city Removal and storage ordered by mayor Mike Duggan. [211]
Statue Columbus (statue) LCCN2012631389.tif Hartford Connecticut June 15 June 29 Mayor Luke Bronin announced that the statue near the state Capitol would be removed. [212]
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Statue Statue of Christopher Columbus (New Haven, Connecticut).jpg New Haven Connecticut June 15 June 24 Removed by city [212]
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Statue Columbus State statue 02.jpg Columbus Ohio June 16 June 19 Removal ordered by college Removal announced by Columbus State Community College’s president of the board of trustees, to be stored while the future of the statue is discussed. [215]
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Statue Christopher Columbus Statue in St. Louis St. Louis Missouri June 16 June 16 Removed by city Removal ordered by St Louis Park Board [217]
Columbus’ Last Appeal to Queen Isabella Columbus' Last Appeal to Queen Isabella (cropped).jpg Sacramento California June 16 July 7[218] Removal ordered by California State Legislature The statue, placed in 1883, depicted Columbus persuading Queen Isabella to fund his 1492 voyage. Ordered removal took place on July 7, 2020.[219] [220]
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Statue Christopher Columbus by Vittorio Di Colbertaldo - Telegraph Hill, San Francisco, CA - DSC04711.jpg San Francisco California June 18 June 18 Removed by the San Francisco Arts Commission The statue, located next to Coit Tower, was removed by the City ahead of a planned Juneteenth protest to throw it into the San Francisco Bay. [222]
Statue Christopher Columbus statue, Ohio 01.jpg Columbus Ohio June 18 July 1 Removal ordered by city Removal announced by the City of Columbus [223]
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Statue Columbus Broad St Philly art.JPG Philadelphia Pennsylvania June 24 Removal announced by Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney. Shrouded. Needs approval of Philadelphia Art Commission, meeting July 22. [225]
Statue Norwalk Connecticut June 25 June 25 Removed by city [226]
Statue Christopher Columbus Statue.jpg Providence Rhode Island June 25 To be moved to storage area by city. [227]
Statue Statue of Christopher Columbus Newark New Jersey June 25 June 25 Removed by city The statue was removed from Washington Park due to the risk of people injuring themselves trying to topple it. The statue will be kept in storage until a final determination is reached regarding the statue’s fate. [228]
Statue Memorial to Christopher Columbus Denver Colorado June 26 June 26 Removed by protesters The statue was originally placed in front of the Denver Civic Center in the 1970s. [229]
Statue Atlantic City New Jersey June 28 Being removed “to avert potential vandalism” [230]
Statue San Antonio Texas June 30 July 1 Removed by city [231]
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Statue Decapitated Columbus statue.jpg Waterbury Connecticut July 4 (reported) Decapitated Located outside Waterbury City Hall [233]
Statue Christopher Columbus Monument 3 (cropped).JPG Baltimore Maryland July 4 Toppled by protesters After the statue was toppled from its base, it was dumped into Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. [234]
Statue Statue of Christopher Columbus Bridgeport Connecticut Not announced July 6 Removed by city Placed in storage following removal.[235] [236]
Statue Columbus Wisconsin July 6 City Council voted to put it in storage until another home is found [237]
Statue Trenton New Jersey July 7 July 8 Removed by city [238]
Relief on the Italian Heritage Monument Norwich Connecticut June 24 Planned for September Removal ordered by Norwich Italian Heritage & Cultural Community The portrayal of Columbus was ordered to be removed in order to protect the monument from vandalism. The relief will be replaced with a statement honoring Italian immigrants to Norwich. [239]
Statue Columbus @ Prospect Park - 20200326.jpg Buffalo New York July 10 July 10 Removed by city Columbus Park, where the statue was located, will be renamed as well. [240]
Statue

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 Chicago Illinois July 24 July 24 Removed by city Statues in Grant Park and Little Italy‘s Arrigo Park ordered removed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot amid continued protests and the deployment of federal forces to Chicago over Lightfoot’s objections. [241]
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Statue Drake Fountain, Chicago, October 13, 1912 (NBY 615 cropped).jpg Chicago Illinois July 31 July 30 Removed by city A 7-foot tall statue of Columbus, part of the Drake Fountain, was removed on the orders of Mayor Lori Lightfoot. It was the last known monument to Columbus in the city. [243]

Others[edit]

Monument/memorial City State Removal announced Removed Means of removal Description Ref
Statue of Edward W. Carmack Edward Carmack statue Nashville Tennessee — May 30 Toppled by protesters Senator Carmack was an opponent of Ida B. Wells and encouraged retaliation for her support of the civil rights movement. [244]
Statue of Frank Rizzo Statue of Frank Rizzo Philadelphia Pennsylvania June 3 Removed by city. Mural of Rizzo painted over (see below, under Other works of art). At about 2 am, the statue of Philadelphia police chief and mayor Frank Rizzo was removed. [245]
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Statue of Jesus Christ – Miami Florida July 15 (discovered) Decapitated and knocked off a pedestal. At Good Shepherd Catholic Church. [248]
One Riot, One Ranger One Riot, One Ranger Dallas Texas June 4 June 4 Removed by city Statue model helped prevent black students from enrolling in public schools. [249]
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Statue of Orville L. Hubbard Statue of Orville Hubbard Dearborn Michigan — June 5 Hubbard, the mayor of Dearborn for 35 years, was an outspoken segregationist. [252]
Statue of Jerry Richardson Charlotte North Carolina June 10 June 10 Removed by Carolina Panthers Richardson was alleged to be racist and sexist. The statue was removed from the Bank of America Stadium for fear it would be destroyed by protesters. [253]
Bust of Avery Brundage San Francisco California Removed by museum Brundage was a founding patron of the Asian Art Museum, Alleged white supremacist and anti-semite as well as 5th IOC president who expelled Tommie Smith and John Carlos from the 1968 Summer Olympics for raising black-gloved fists while on the podium. Bust moved from prominent position in foyer of museum to storage. [254]
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Richmond Police Memorial Richmond Virginia June 11 June 11 Removed by city after being vandalized by protesters Dedicated to Richmond police officers who lost their lives in the line of duty. Removed from Byrd Park after repeated vandalization. The mayor’s office stated the statue would be restored and reinstalled. [257]
Statue of Philip Schuyler Statue of Philip Schuyler Albany New York June 11 — Plans for removal by city Removal ordered by mayor Kathy Sheehan due to the fact that Schuyler owned slaves. [258]
Delaware Law Enforcement Memorial Dover Delaware — June 12 Vandalized by protesters, removed by city for restoration Statue partially decapitated. The adjacent memorial wall was unaffected. [259]
Equestrian statue of Caesar Rodney Caesar Rodney Statue (cropped).jpg Wilmington Delaware June 12 June 12 Removed by city Rodney was a slave owner. Removal ordered by mayor Mike Purzycki to be stored while the display of the statue is discussed. [206]
Bust of John McDonogh Bust of John McDonogh in June 2017 New Orleans Louisiana — June 13 Removed by protesters Protesters removed the bust from Duncan Plaza and rolled it into the Mississippi River. [260]
The Pioneer The Pioneer at its installation in 1919 Eugene Oregon — June 13 Toppled and dragged by protesters The University of Oregon placed its two Pioneer statues in storage on June 14[261] [262]
The Pioneer Mother The Pioneer Mother by Alexander Phimister Proctor - Eugene, Oregon - DSC09228.jpg Eugene Oregon — June 13 Toppled by protesters The University of Oregon placed its two Pioneer statues in storage on June 14[261] [262]
Statue of Thomas Jefferson at Jefferson High School Thomas Jefferson statue at Jefferson High School Portland Oregon — June 14 Toppled after Black Lives Matter protest, allegedly by people unassociated with protest 1916 bronze replica of 1911 statue by Karl Bitter [263]
Statue of Josephus Daniels Raleigh North Carolina June 16 June 16 Removed by Daniels’s descendants The statue was located near The News & Observer building, which is scheduled to be demolished. Daniels’ family claims to have acted on their own accord rather than on pressure from activists, and will keep the statue in storage until a decision is made on its ultimate fate. [264]
Statue of John Sutter Statue of John Sutter Sacramento California June 16 June 16 Removed by Sutter Health The statue was located in front of Sutter General Hospital. Sutter was a California Gold Rush pioneer who enslaved Native Americans. [265]
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Statue of George Washington Statue of George Washington Portland Oregon — June 18 Toppled by protesters [267]
Statue of Francis Scott Key Statue of Francis Scott Key San Francisco California — June 18 Toppled by protesters Part of a group of statues toppled in Golden Gate Park. [184]
Bust of Ulysses S. Grant Bust of Ulysses S. Grant San Francisco California — June 18 Toppled by protesters Part of a group of statues toppled in Golden Gate Park. [184]
Statue of Calvin Griffith GriffithCal.jpg Minneapolis Minnesota — Removed by Minnesota Twins Griffith was the former owner of the Minnesota Twins; the statue was removed due to racist statements made by Griffith in 1978 suggesting he moved the team to Minnesota due to the low number of African-American residents. [268]
Monument to George Preston Marshall Washington District of Columbia — June 19 Removed by Events DC Removed from Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium. Washington Redskins‘ front office was not consulted. [269]
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Statue of Thomas Jefferson Statue of Thomas Jefferson Decatur Georgia June 19 June 19 Removed by city The statue was previously located in front of the old city courthouse. A city official claimed the statue was removed to protect it from damage. [273]
Equestrian Statue of Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt on horseback accompanied by two men on foot New York City New York June 20 Theodore Roosevelt on horseback accompanied by walking figures of two men, one a Native American and one African; in front of the American Museum of Natural History [274]
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Forward Forward sculpture Madison Wisconsin — June 23 Removed by protesters “Forward” is the motto of the state of Wisconsin. A 1998 bronze replica of a commissioned 1893 work of the Wisconsin female artist Jean Pond Miner. [276]
John C. Calhoun Monument Charleston marion square3.jpg Charleston South Carolina June 22 June 23 Removed by city Calhoun was a leading advocate of slavery. The statue may be placed back on display at “an appropriate site” such as a museum. [277]
Statue of Thomas Jefferson Hofstra University, Jefferson statue (cropped).jpg Hempstead New York June 23 Moved by university Statue at Hofstra University moved from student center main entrance to university museum. [278]
Statue of Hans Christian Heg Statue of Hans Christian Heg Madison Wisconsin — June 23 Removed by protesters Heg was a Union Army colonel in the Civil War, and an abolitionist. His statue was decapitated and thrown into a lake by protesters. Two protesters interviewed by the media alleged that toppling the statue was to draw attention to their view of Wisconsin as being racially unjust. [279]
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Civil War Monument Statuecoloradostatecapitol.JPG Denver Colorado June 25 June 25 Toppled by protesters The monument honors Colorado citizens who served in the Union Army. It listed battles against Native Americans in addition to battles against the Confederacy. Most controversially, it listed the Sand Creek massacre (a mass killing of Cheyenne and Arapaho Native Americans) as a battle. [281]
Obelisk in Santa Fe Plaza, commemorating Union soldiers Santa Fe Plaza (cropped).jpg Santa Fe New Mexico June 25 Ordered removed by mayor Note word “savages” effaced from inscription [180]
Emancipation Memorial (replica) Emancipation Memorial (Boston) by Thomas Ball - IMG 8949-1.JPG Boston Massachusetts June 30 Boston Art Commission, with “full support” of mayor, voted for removal. [282]
Elk PortlandElkStatue (cropped).jpg Portland Oregon July 1 Statue removed by city after fires set by protesters seriously damaged its base. Base has been mostly dismantled. [283]
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Statue of George Whitefield U Penn Statue (cropped).jpg Philadelphia Pennsylvania July 2 Whitefield was a supporter of slavery. [286]
Statue of Frederick Douglass Rochester New York — July 5 Torn down by unknown perpetrators. Maplewood Park is a site along the Underground Railroad where Douglass and Harriet Tubman helped shuttle slaves to freedom. Removal occurred on the anniversary of Douglass’s famous 1852 “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” speech in Rochester. [287]
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Statue of Andrew Jackson City hall in Jackson, Mississippi.jpg Jackson Mississippi July 7 City Council voted to remove statue in front of City Hall. [290]
Statue of Thomas Ruffin Raleigh North Carolina Not announced July 13 Was in front of North Carolina Court of Appeals. Removed by Court. Ruffin, a Chief Justice, was a slaveowner and author of pro-slavery rulings. [291]
Statue of Hiawatha Chief Hiawatha statue - panoramio.jpg LaCrosse Wisconsin July 13 Mayor has asked for its removal following request of sculptor’s family. [292]
Bust of Roger B. Taney Washington, D.C. July 22 Voted by the House of Representatives The bust of Chief Justice Taney, who wrote the majority opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford that African-Americans could not be citizens, outside the Old Supreme Court Chamber will be replaced with a bust of Thurgood Marshall, the first Black Supreme Court Justice. [293]
Statue of the Virgin Mary Chattanooga Tennessee July 15 (discovered) Statue was torn down and decapitated; head stolen. The motive for the destruction is unknown. Local police stated that the toppling is a possible hate crime. [294]
Monument to 77th New York Volunteer Infantry (Union Army unit) Saratoga Springs New York July 16 (discovered) Statue was torn off pedestal and destroyed. The motive and perpetrator behind the destruction are both unknown. The statue was located in a park where many other monuments have been historically vandalized. [295]
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United Kingdom[edit]

Main article: Actions against memorials in the United Kingdom during the George Floyd protests

Atlantic slave trade[edit]

See also: List of public statues of individuals linked to the Atlantic slave trade

The British Royal African Company, which engaged in African slave trading between 1662 and 1731,[297] enslaved and shipped more Africans to the Americas than any other institution in the history of the Atlantic slave trade.[298] Many wealthy British people were involved with this and other slaving companies.

Monument/memorial Location Removal announced Removed Means of removal Description Ref
Statue of Edward Colston Statue of Edward Colston Bristol — June 7 Toppled by protesters The statue of Edward Colston, a slave trader, was toppled and thrown into the Bristol Harbour by protesters. The statue was fished out, but the city council did not replace it, waiting for a democratic decision from the people of Bristol to know what to do with it.
Briefly replaced by Marc Quinn‘s A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020, on 15th July, a statue depicting the protester Jen Reid who had been photographed with her fist raised on the plinth. Then this sculpture was also removed, by the city council the next day.		 [299]
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Statue of Robert Milligan Statue of Robert Milligan London June 9 June 9 Removed by local authorities Statue of Robert Milligan, a Scottish merchant and slave trader, outside the Museum of London Docklands. It was removed following a request from the Canal & River Trust. [301]
Statue of Sir John Cass London June 11 June 11 Removed by owner Statue of Sir John Cass at the University of East London Stratford Campus. [302]
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Statue of Sir Robert Clayton Statue of Sir Robert Clayton London June 11 — Plans for removal by owner Statue of Sir Robert Clayton at St Thomas’ Hospital. On June 11 the Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, the Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity, and King’s College London issued a joint statement announcing that the statues of Clayton and Thomas Guy would be removed from public view. [304]
Statue of Thomas Guy Statue of Thomas Guy London June 11 — Plans for removal by owner Statue of Thomas Guy at Guy’s Hospital. On June 11 the Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, the Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity, and King’s College London issued a joint statement announcing that the statues of Guy and Sir Robert Clayton would be removed from public view. [304]
Statue of Sir John Cass Statue of John Cass London June 12 — Plans for removal by owner Statue of Sir John Cass on the façade of 31 Jewry Street in the City of London, the headquarters of Sir John Cass’s Foundation. This statue is a fiberglass replica of the original. [302]
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Statue and bust of Sir John Cass London June 16 Removed by owner Statue and bust of Sir John Cass at Sir John Cass Redcoat School, Stepney. The school’s governing body voted unanimously on June 16 for the immediate removal of the sculptures. [306]
Bust of Sir John Cass Bust of Sir John Cass London June 18 June 18 Removed by church Bust of Sir John Cass in St Botolph’s Church, Aldgate. [307]
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Others[edit]

Monument/memorial Location Removal announced Removed Means of removal Description Ref
Part of Green Man inn sign

18th century

 Green Man & Black Head's Royal Hotel – St John Street, Ashbourne – The Black Head (cropped).jpg Ashbourne, Derbyshire c. June 7 June 8 Removed by local residents Wooden sculpture of a caricatured “black’s head”. After a Facebook petition calling for its removal attracted close to 30,000 signatures, the district council announced that on June 9 it would be removing the sculpture. Before this could happen, it was removed by two local residents on the night of June 8. [309]
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Dunham Massey sundial

Attr. to Andries Carpentière, c. 1735

 Dunham Massey sundial Trafford, Greater Manchester June 11 June 11 Removed by the National Trust Statue of an exoticized black man (described as “degrading”), in a kneeling position and carrying a sundial, formerly installed in the forecourt of Dunham Massey Hall. [311]
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Statue of Cecil Rhodes

Henry Alfred Pegram, 1911

 Statue of Cecil Rhodes Oxford June 17 — Owner’s wish for removal stated to independent commission Statue of Cecil Rhodes on the façade of the Rhodes Building, Oriel College; a target of the Rhodes Must Fall movement since 2015. On June 17 the college announced that its governing body had voted to launch an independent inquiry into the issues surrounding the sculpture. It stated that the body had “expressed their wish to remove the statue” to the commission. [314]
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Bust of Cecil Rhodes

Onslow Whiting, 1906

 Bust of Cecil Rhodes Oxford June 17 — Owner’s wish for removal stated to independent commission Plaque at 6 King Edward Street commemorating Rhodes’s residence there in 1881. In Oriel College’s statement of June 17 the governing body “expressed their wish to remove […] the King Edward Street Plaque” in addition to Rhodes’s statue. [315]
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Pet gravestone at Coombe Abbey Park

1902

 Rugby, Warwickshire — Before July 2 Removed by Coventry City Council In July 2019 a visitor to the park reported the name “Nigger” inscribed on the gravestone of a pet dog, but no action was taken at the time. After its absence was noticed following the George Floyd protests, the council (which operates the park) confirmed that it had removed the gravestone. [317]
Headstone for the dog Nigger

1943

 Headstone for the dog RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire — July 16 Removed by the Royal Air Force The headstone for the grave of Guy Gibson‘s dog was replaced, removing any mention of the dog’s name. [318]
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A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020

Marc Quinn and Jen Reid, 2020

 A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 15th July 2020.jpg Bristol July 16 July 16 Removed by Bristol City Council because the sculpture had been placed without permission on the plinth of the statue of Edward Colston. Black resin sculpture by Marc Quinn and Jen Reid. It depicts Reid, a young black woman protester, raising her arm in a Black Power salute, reproducing a photo of her on the plinth, taken just after the removal of the previous statue by protesters. [300]

Belgium[edit]

See also: George Floyd protests in Belgium

King Leopold II of Belgium personally ruled the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908, treating it as his personal property. During this period, many well-documented atrocities were perpetrated against the population, including the severing of hands of workers unable to meet a production quota for rubber, and the destruction of entire villages that were unwilling to participate in the forced labour regime. These acts contributed to a significant population decline during this period, often estimated at between five million and ten million.

Monument/memorial Location Removal announced Removed Means of removal Description Ref
Statue of Leopold II Statue of Leopold II Ekeren, Antwerp June 9 June 9 Removed by municipality Removed after it had been vandalized and set on fire. [320]
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Bust of Leopold II Mons — Removed by university authorities Removed from Faculty of Economics and Management at University of Mons following online petition for removal. Permanently placed in storage. [322]
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Bust of Leopold II Leuven — Removed by university authorities Removed from University Library at KU Leuven. Placed in storage.[b] [324]
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Bust of Leopold II Ghent — June 30 Removed by crane following a short ceremony Removed from Zuidpark [nl] on the 60th anniversary of Congo’s independence, and moved to a warehouse in STAM. [326]
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New Zealand[edit]

See also: George Floyd protests in New Zealand

Royal Navy officer John Fane Charles Hamilton, after whom the city of Hamilton is named, played a prominent part in the Tauranga campaign of the New Zealand Wars.

Monument/memorial Location Removal announced Removed Means of removal Description Ref
Statue of John Fane Charles Hamilton

Margriet Windhausen, 2013

 Statue of John Fane Charles Hamilton Hamilton June 12 June 12 Removed by city City Council announced removal after request by Maori tribal confederation Waikato Tainui [329]
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India[edit]

Monument/memorial Location Removal announced Removed Means of removal Description Ref
Equestrian statue of Mark Cubbon

Carlo Marochetti, 1866

 Statue of Sir Mark Cubbon.jpg Bangalore June 28 A controversial statue of Sir Mark Cubbon, an English colonial administrator, was moved from front of the High Court of Karnataka building to Sri Chamarajendra Park. See Mark Cubbon#Death and legacy. [332]
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Slovenia[edit]

Monument/memorial Location Removal announced Removed Means of removal Description Ref
Statue of Melania Trump

Ales Zupevc, 2019

 Near Sevnica July 5 Removed by artist The wooden statue of U.S. First Lady Melania Trump on the outskirts of her hometown was set on fire on July 4. Brad Downey, the artist who commissioned the work, said that he had had the damaged sculpture removed on July 5th. [335]
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South Africa[edit]

Monument/memorial Location Removal announced Removed Means of removal Description Ref
Statue of Martinus Theunis Steyn

Anton van Wouw, 1929

 Mt steyn statue.jpg Bloemfontein Not announced June 27 The statue, which “dominated” the main campus of the University of the Free State, was moved to the Anglo-Boer War Museum. [337]
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Bust of Cecil Rhodes, at the Rhodes Memorial

John Macallan Swan, 1912

 Rhodes Memorial 02.jpg Cape Town Not announced July 13 (discovered) Removed after being decapitated by protestors. Had been repaired after nose was cut off in 2015. [339]
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Removals under consideration[edit]

Some officials have announced their decisions to remove monuments under their jurisdiction, and are currently working to push through whatever legislative or permission barriers they need to accomplish their goals.

Julio Rosas On Defunding The Police: ‘Not Going To Be Helpful At All’ [Video]

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Julio Rosas, a senior writer for Townhall, spoke with the Daily Caller’s Samantha Renck about protests throughout the country, race relations and more.

A group of protesters in Washington, D.C. clashed with the police Thursday during another night of civil unrest.

“There was a big protest that started to become a little destructive in the Adams-Morgan neighborhood of Washington, D.C.,” Rosas said. “They were setting some stuff on fire. They were bringing out trash cans, newspaper stands into the street.”

Rosas explained that the police had “trapped a large number of the protesters — rioters at that point — in the street and so they were in the process of arresting them.”

“Some of the people that were able to get away — they came back and started to become agitators,” he said, “with the officers that had set up the perimeter around the outside of where they had gotten their friends.”

Rosas also discussed the Seattle City Council’s decision to defund the police, Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best’s resignation and more. 

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NEW YORK CITY: Muslim Cleric Encourages NYPD Cop to Join ISIS, Carry Out Jihad Massacres

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“’Abdullah El Faisal has spent two decades inspiring the terrorists behind plots and attacks in London, New York, and onboard airplanes in flight,’ said NYPD Police Commissioner Dermot Shea in a statement….Faisal was previously convicted of similar charges in England for inciting murder and using inflammatory language ‘in furtherance of terrorist ideologies.’”

Why was he allowed into the United States after being convicted of jihad terror charges in Britain? Would keeping him out have been “Islamophobic”?

“Radical cleric held without bail in Manhattan for ‘trying to recruit NYPD cop,’” by Rebecca Rosenberg, New York Post, August 14, 2020:

A radical Islamic cleric was ordered held without bail in Manhattan on Friday — after encouraging a female undercover NYPD cop to carry out terror attacks, authorities said.

Shaikh Abdullah Faisal, 56, pleaded not guilty to five counts — including conspiracy as a crime of terrorism, soliciting or providing support for an act of terrorism and other raps….

The militant cleric — born Trevor William Forrest — allegedly communicated with a female undercover NYPD officer by e-mail, text and video chat to encourage her to join ISIS and carry out attacks abroad from 2015 to 2017….

A popular online figure, Faisal has overtly supported ISIS and the establishment of an Islamic caliphate through violent jihad.

In one of his online lectures, he declared, “The way forward is not the ballot. The way forward is the bullet,” according to the indictment….

“Abdullah El Faisal has spent two decades inspiring the terrorists behind plots and attacks in London, New York, and onboard airplanes in flight,” said NYPD Police Commissioner Dermot Shea in a statement….

Faisal was previously convicted of similar charges in England for inciting murder and using inflammatory language “in furtherance of terrorist ideologies,” according to prosecutors….

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Trust The Plan

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Many patriotic Trump supporting Americans are frustrated and many apathetic when it comes to justice being served with regards to the deep state players and the long anticipated Durham investigation. I can understand this. Do your homework. Connect the dots. Stay the course and trust the plan. Please take note of my WARNING message in the summary section of this article.

Back in June of 2020, AG Barr is on the record stating “the wheels of justice grind slowly”. Barr went on to say that “we will hold those accountable”. “This isn’t being driven by producing a report, we are trying to get to a point where we can hold accountable anyone who crossed the line and committed a criminal violation”. “I cannot discuss any future charges”. Then AG Barr in an unplanned interview live on Hannity last week said the following. “The second aspect of this is, if people crossed the line, if people involved in that activity violated criminal law, they will be charged. And John Durham is an independent man, highly experienced, and his investigation is pursuing apace. There was some delay because of COVID, but I’m satisfied with the progress and I’ve said there are going to be developments, significant developments, before the election. “But we’re not doing this on the election schedule,” Barr added. “We’re aware of the election. We’re not going to do anything inappropriate before the election. But we’re not being dictated to by this schedule.

Well, Friday of last week, former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith will plead guilty to making a false statement in the first criminal case arising from U.S. Attorney John Durham’s review of the investigation into links between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign. We have now reached steps 6-10 on the “Scale of Discovery and Action” that I wrote about on June 13, 2018. Then soon after in President Trump’s second term, Military Tribunals at GITMO will commence. I wrote about this too back in August of 2017.

Indictments – Prosecutions – Charges – Arrests

Thousands of CEOS as reported on my daily news broadcast, “Making Sense of the Madness“, over the past couple of years have taken early retirement, resigned or have been terminated, (this in part is a result of their personal liability when you look into EO Dated 04/03/17 and EO 12/21/17 ). Then there are over 160,000 Federal Sealed Indictments. AG Barr stated, “we will hold those accountable” and “I cannot discuss any future charges”. Then, “if people crossed the line, if people involved in that activity violated criminal law, they will be charged”. Well, those of us who have been following the deep state and the campaign spying, the Russia hoax, the Epstein case, pizza-gate, the impeachments hoax Q and the Flynn case, know darn well that there have been scores of felonies, crimes, treasonous acts and crimes against humanity. Remember, it’s either us or them. Failure is not an option and the ultimate victory is ours.

We must realize the political fallout should we escalate the process of indictments at this time and arrest prior to the election. And so it has begun with FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith pleading guilty to making a false statement in the first criminal case arising from U.S. Attorney John Durham’s review of the investigation into the links between Russia and the 2016 Trump campaign. Tip of the iceberg. And there will be more to come prior to the election. And in my view the acceleration of indictments, charges and arrests gains momentum after the November 4th election and certainly in President Trump’s second term.

Intelligence Battle Information Warfare

One could say we have a front row seat to the greatest show on Earth. It’s important to note that this is an intelligence battle, information warfare, thus we have many actors on both sides of the issues playing their part on the global stage. Deception in battle. Remember that, deception in battle. You must read between the lines. This is why if you are only getting your data from MSM, and this includes FOX NEWS to an extent, you would come to the conclusion that nothing is happening and that we are losing the battle. Nothing could be further from the truth. If you begin to look in the right places for information, (check out the “Story Behind The Story section), you can begin to connect the dots and have a greater understanding of what is actually happening rather than the the false and empty narratives you are bombarded with 24/7. Change the channel.

Summary

And so we have now our first indictment and guilty plea resulting from the Durham investigation and there is much more to come. Check out this .40 clip as the President weighs in on Clinesmith. So  we have the Durham report complete and it’s now hammer time. And don’t forget the other ongoing investigations and processes.

Ghislaine Maxwell / Epstein

Biden Ukraine and China

Lyndsey Graham’s Senate Judiciary Hearings

General Flynn case

So what is a common theme here? What has shifted? The hunters have now become the hunted and now the captured with plenty more to come. We are on the offense and timing is key. The deep state and its operatives were all caught. We caught the swamp. They have nowhere to run to and nowhere to hide. The Constitution and law are on our side and the day of reckoning is upon them. The President is on the record numerous times in pressers, news interviews and tweets stating that treason as high as Obama and Biden has been committed.

And so, follow my daily news broadcast and visit the many other sources I have provided in the “Story Behind The Story” section on the JMC Report. Pray daily for our President and his family. Share content on social media. Help awaken those who need our help. The storm is now upon us. Very dangerous and challenging days are here and lie ahead.

THIS IS A WARNING!

Don’t get prepared, be prepared! Food, water, personal protection, gold and silver and more. Things will deeply intensify over the days, weeks and coming months. Cyber attacks? Communication shutdowns and perhaps worse.  We are at war! This is what the battlefield looks like. It’s not fun nor easy. But it is a matter of survival as individuals and survival as a sovereign nation.  But make no mistake about it, we are winning. We are on God’s side and God always wins. Stay the course. Trust the plan. The President needs your help and support. Freedom, it’s up to U.S. Stay safe my friends and fellow patriots and God Bless. WWG1WGA

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VIDEO EXPOSE OF THE GREAT RESET: Davos and the Plot to Cancel Trump

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The following is a very compelling 25 minute scenario regarding the ‘one world’ movement; and attempts to change the world and to take down President Trump, – who stands in their way.

It is well worth watching. He presents a probable and frightening scenario of why we are in these times of chaos; and all the more reason to be strong in support of President Trump.

TheRemnantVideo posted the following comments and video on its YouTube channel:

From the Editor’s Desk, Michael Matt takes a look at some good news regarding the Covid recovery rate before exploring what’s really going on with the global pandemic. To understand this, he takes us to Switzerland—to the World Economic Forum—where the movers and shakers of the world have been meeting on a regular basis, especially since January 2020, to plan ‘The Great Reset’ at the Davos 2021 Summit in January.

Using multiple video clips, Michael shows how everyone from Soros, to Gates, to Schwab, to Al Gore and the Secretary-General of the United Nations are only too eager to admit that Covid offers them a rare opportunity to reset the world economy, population control, global commerce, climate change regulation, education and the UN Sustainable Development Goals in order to “reorder,” “reimagine” and fundamentally transform every aspect of life as we know it. Is this the rest of the story behind the Russia hoax, Ukraine, the phony impeachment and all the other deep state attempts to cripple Trump’s efforts to ‘make America great again”? The folks at Davos want a new world order, and the only thing standing in their way at the moment is US.

And if they get their New Normal, nothing will be the same ever again…unless, perhaps, if Donald Trump wins in November.

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