Protesters Topple Confederate Monument In Durham, North Carolina

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August 15, 2017

Leoneda Inge, WUNC

A toppled Confederate statue lies on the ground on Monday, Aug. 14, 2017, in Durham, N.C. Activists on Monday evening used a rope to pull down the monument outside a Durham courthouse. The Durham protest was in response to a white nationalist rally held in Charlottesville, Va, over the weekend. (Jonathan Drew/AP)

A crowd of people gathered in downtown Durham, North Carolina, on Monday night to witness the toppling of a Confederate monument by protesters who pulled down the statue with a rope. Protesters said destroying the monument was their answer to the deadly attack by a white supremacist in Charlottesville, Virginia, over the weekend.

Leoneda Inge (@LeonedaInge) from Here & Now contributor WUNC reports.

This segment aired on August 15, 2017.

Protesters Topple Confederate Monument In Durham, North Carolina

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