A new report says since George Floyd died: • 38 Confederate monuments were taken down & 5 more relocated • 16 schools, parks & other locations were renamed • 1 state retired its flag • 1 town removed the Confederate flag from its police badge
A crowd watches as a crane removes the Stonewall Jackson Monument in Richmond, Va., on July 1. Dozens of Confederate monuments have come down this summer.A crowd watches as a crane removes the Stonewall Jackson Monument in Richmond, Va., on July 1. Dozens of Confederate monuments have come down this summer.
Protesters called for police reform, defunding or outright abolition; for an end to qualified immunity for officers; for reinvestment in underfunded communities; for schools, companies and communities to address their own complicity in racial inequity.Some changes are hard to quantify. But that last one is easier to count.according to an updated report from the Southern Poverty Law Center.over past years: Just 16 Confederate symbols were removed or renamed in all of 2019, according to SPLC data. Hundreds more monuments remain standing, the group says.
Some statues have been literally brought down by protesters, while other symbols were removed by local governments or institutions in response to the outcry.
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