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It’s been just over four years since a new city council began meeting in Charlottesville following the racist rally that left three people dead and many more injured. Since then five city managers have quit or been fired and a dozen other people tasked with day-to-day affairs have left.
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Local workers removed a bronze statue of Robert E. Lee on Saturday, nearly four years after its planned removal triggered a deadly riot in Charlottesville, Virginia. Shortly after 8 am, a crowd of spectators gathered to witness cranes hoist the monument off its granite base. “Taking down this statue is one small step closer to the goal of helping Charlottesville, Va., and America, grapple with the sin of being willing to destroy Black people for economic gain,” said Charlottesville Mayor Nikuyah Walker to the crowd of spectators, according to the
A few hours later, a nearby statue of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson was also taken down, followed closely by the removal of another statue of the explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark and the Shoshone indian Sacagawea. In an emergency session held earlier in the day, Charlottesville’s City Council voted to remove the statue which many said depicted Sacagawea in a subservient manner.
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