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New Orleans Removes Four Confederate Monuments

HeadlineApr 25, 2017

Back in the United States, New Orleans has removed four Confederate monuments, including one whose original inscription celebrated “white supremacy in the South.” The government workers who removed the statues wore masks and bulletproof vests for protection, and were guarded by police snipers during the job. White nationalists had staged a series of protests in the lead-up to the memorials’ removals. A car belonging to one of the workers had also been set on fire.

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