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Confederate Monuments Vandalized In 2 Virginia Cities

'Racist' spray painted on Jefferson Davis statue in Richmond

Two Confederate monuments in two Virginia cities have been vandalized this week, one of them on consecutive days.

The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports the word “racist” was again found spray-painted in red on the base of the Jefferson Davis statue in Richmond on Wednesday morning, this time joined by the words “Ban KKK.”

The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports the word “racist” was found painted in red on the same Jefferson Davis statue on Tuesday. The Virginian-Pilot reports Norfolk police spokesman Daniel Hudson says a memorial to the Confederate dead was spray-painted with “#2 BETTER LUCK NEVER” early Monday morning.

Richmond’s Davis statue is on Monument Avenue, which also features four other Confederate statues. The nearby J.E.B. Stuart statue was splattered with pine tar in August, and three statues were tagged with spray paint after President Donald Trump’s election victory last year.

The Norfolk statue was previously spray-painted with the word “SHAME” in May.

Both Richmond and Norfolk are considering whether to move or contextualize the monuments following August’s violent white nationalist rally in Charlottesville.

(AP)



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