U.S. NEWS 08/21/2018 12:06 am ET
University of North Carolina Students Topple Confederate Monument
The Silent Sam statue, located on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill, has been a target of vandalism and protests for decades.
By Dominique Mosbergen
Frustrated by the inaction of university leaders and what they described as their school’s “institutional white supremacy,” students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill stormed a controversial Confederate statue on Monday night — and toppled it with their own hands.
Students reportedly numbering in the hundreds, as well as faculty members and area residents, thronged the statue, known as Silent Sam, as a group of police officers created a perimeter around them.
A number of counterprotesters, some of whom were wearing Confederate flag T-shirts, were seen arguing with student protesters. There have been no reports so far of physical altercations.
The protesters used a rope to pull the monument to the ground. Silent Sam was toppled at around 9:30 p.m. local time, student paper The Daily Tar Heel reported.
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