A controversial Confederate monument goes down in the Atlanta suburb of Decatur – By Faith Karimi (CNN) / June 19 2020
Atlanta (CNN)A crowd gathered in the Atlanta suburb of Decatur to watch the removal of a Confederate monument — the latest controversial symbol toppled in the wake of the George Floyd protests.
A DeKalb County judge last week ordered the relocation of the 30-foot obelisk at Decatur Square after the city argued it’d become a threat to public safety during recent protests. He ordered it removed by midnight June 26 and placed in storage until further notice.
As a large crane pulled down the obelisk just before midnight Thursday, people chanted, “Take it down! Take it down!” Others applauded.
A crane removes a Confederate monument from Decatur Square in Georgia on Thursday night.
“The Confederate obelisk has become an increasingly frequent target of graffiti and vandalism, a figurative lightning rod for friction among citizens, and a potential catastrophe that could happen at any time if individuals attempt to forcibly remove or destroy it,” Judge Clarence Seeliger said.
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