A protester in Portsmouth was seriously injured after a vandalized Confederate statue crashed right on his head amid a Black Lives Matter demonstration late Wednesday (June 10). The festive atmosphere last month at the dismantling of the Portsmouth Confederate monument came an abrupt hault when a protester was severely … PORTSMOUTH, VA – On Wednesday evening, four statues were vandalized at a Confederate monument in Portsmouth.. As we have seen in other areas in recent days, the “protesters” started by spray painting the statues. I strongly encourage localities to take down their Confederate statues in a safe and methodical manner, as soon as possible.
Wife: Man hit by statue at Portsmouth Confederate monument flatlined twice on way to hospital 13News Now Staff 6/11/2020. Columbus statue toppled by Baltimore protesters. … This time, the vandalizing began after the Portsmouth NAACP president James Boyd and vice president Louie Gibbs were taken into custody. One of those demonstrations focused on a confederate monument in the city of Portsmouth, Virginia Wednesday night. A police tape marks off a fallen statue from the Confederate monument in Portsmouth, Va., on Wednesday, June 10, 2020. During the final charge a Confederate general, who was beheaded in earlier fighting attempts 1 last stand. The battle of Portsmouth 2020, Union forces surround Confederate leadership in the town square. But it turned dangerous for a 45-year-old man at the scene. A Black Lives Matter protester was rushed to the hospital on Wednesday, June 10, after a confederate monument that he was trying to tear down, along with other people in Portsmouth, Virginia, toppled on his head. The statue was pulled down by protesters.
Late Wednesday night, just a couple hours after protesters toppled parts of a Confederate monument in Portsmouth, the Norfolk mayor released a statement asking for peaceful protests and safety.
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WVEC) -- A judge has rejected the City of Portsmouth's request to declare it the owner of the Confederate monument located in the city's Olde Towne district.
They really have no place in 2020 America…or in 2000 America or 1980 America or 1960 America or 1940 America or 1920 America or 1900 America, for that matter. ... turn the Confederate memorial … (Kristen Zeis/) Chris Green is a member of the 757 community who was severely injured during a demonstration at the confederate monuments in Portsmouth on June 10th 2020. A man was hospitalized after attending a protest that saw parts of a Confederate monument ripped to the ground by protesters in Portsmouth, Virginia. After the dust settles the Union is victorious while sustaining 1 casualty.