Protesters vandalized a Confederate statue in Charleston, South Carolina over night on Saturday.
The protesters wrote “black lives matter” on the base of the Fort Sumter statue.
At the Confederate Defenders of #Charleston Memorial pic.twitter.com/WQKbQlgIGv
— Lauren Selsky (@LJSelsky) June 21, 2015
Barry Tighe from Code Pink was protesting the statue this morning.
Some people against the statue are with a Washington DC based group called Codepink @wis10 #Charleston pic.twitter.com/1oOs6O3N3r
— Mike DeSumma (@MikeDeSumma) June 21, 2015
Pics of graffiti at Confederate statue at #chs Battery courtesy Rachel Alameda+ Michael Collins @ABCNews4 #chsnews pic.twitter.com/qxE9Ue5iFz — Jason Tighe (@jtighe08) June 21, 2015 “>IBTImes
A Confederate statue in Charleston, South Carolina, was vandalized with graffiti Sunday, days after nine people were shot and killed at the city’s historic Emanuel African Methodist Episcopalian Church in what was apparently a racially motivated attack. The monument was defaced on the same day Emanuel AME opened for its first service since the shooting.
The words “Black Lives Matter” and “This was the problem #racist” were written on the statue in red spray paint, WCIV, Charleston, reported. The graffiti also lambasted South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and Charleston Mayor Joe Riley with the words “Riley and Haley — why defend this evil — This is the root of our evil.”
Pics of graffiti at Confederate statue at #chs Battery courtesy Rachel Alameda+ Michael Collins @ABCNews4 #chsnews pic.twitter.com/qxE9Ue5iFz
— Jason Tighe (@jtighe08) June 21, 2015
There is an argument going on about the heritage of the confederate flag nearby #chsnews #CharlestonShooting pic.twitter.com/Njad8uqjcW
— Melissa Boughton (@mboughtonPC) June 21, 2015
And this flag burns. Charleston. pic.twitter.com/Ej1krDtr6u
— deray mckesson (@deray) June 21, 2015
The people of Charleston are hoping professional protester returns home to Ferguson or Minnesota.
Aww, from #Charleston @deray RTs @KWRose …longing to return to #Ferguson #GoHomeDeray https://t.co/QsoPoNT6EC
— mb (@imsure) June 22, 2015
#Juneteenth would be the perfect day to remove the Confederate Flag from the SC capitol. Just saying, @NikkiHaley. pic.twitter.com/qNYWsjCsMq
— Keegan Stephan (@KeeganNYC) June 19, 2015