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| 'Black Lives Matter' tagged on Confederate monuments in Austin, Charleston and Baltimore after shooting | 'Black Lives Matter' tagged on Confederate monuments in Austin, Charleston and Baltimore after shooting |
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| Protesters have defaced Confederate monuments in Austin, Texas, Charleston, South Carolina and Baltimore, Maryland. | Protesters have defaced Confederate monuments in Austin, Texas, Charleston, South Carolina and Baltimore, Maryland. |
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| Three statues of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, General Robert E. Lee and Texas commander Albert Sydney Johnson have been spray-painted near the University of Texas in Austin, Texas on Tuesday morning. | |
| The UT student government started an online petition Sunday urging officials to remove the statue: "It is impossible to reach the full potential of an inclusive and progressive learning institution while putting an idol of our darkest days on a pedestal." | |
| Statue of Jefferson Davis at UT. pic.twitter.com/HD2oodXXuz | Statue of Jefferson Davis at UT. pic.twitter.com/HD2oodXXuz |
| The defacing of each statue comes during the call for removal of the Confederate flag from South Carolina's State House grounds, citing the tragic deaths of nine black church members at the hands of the alleged white suspect Dylann Roof. | The defacing of each statue comes during the call for removal of the Confederate flag from South Carolina's State House grounds, citing the tragic deaths of nine black church members at the hands of the alleged white suspect Dylann Roof. |
| The 21-year-old was seen in many photographs at Confederate heritage sites and slavery museums on a website featuring a 2,500-word racist manifesto. | The 21-year-old was seen in many photographs at Confederate heritage sites and slavery museums on a website featuring a 2,500-word racist manifesto. |
| A Baltimore statue's message honoring #Confederate soldiers has been written over. #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/FKqNSpC6ma | A Baltimore statue's message honoring #Confederate soldiers has been written over. #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/FKqNSpC6ma |
| Barry Tighe from Code Pink told ABC News 4 that he traveled to Charleston from Washington DC and saw nothing wrong with the "Black Lives Matter" graffiti. | Barry Tighe from Code Pink told ABC News 4 that he traveled to Charleston from Washington DC and saw nothing wrong with the "Black Lives Matter" graffiti. |
| "There's nothing divisive or violent about saying, 'Take down that evil symbol. This is a divisive statue not our argument to take this down," he said. | "There's nothing divisive or violent about saying, 'Take down that evil symbol. This is a divisive statue not our argument to take this down," he said. |
| A second statue in Charleston was also tagged. The monument was originally unveiled by the Maryland Daughters of the Confederacy in 1903, the Baltimore Sun reported. | A second statue in Charleston was also tagged. The monument was originally unveiled by the Maryland Daughters of the Confederacy in 1903, the Baltimore Sun reported. |
| Confederate Defenders of Charleston statue at The Battery vandalized with #BlackLivesMatter #chsnews pic.twitter.com/z4UFgW7whm | Confederate Defenders of Charleston statue at The Battery vandalized with #BlackLivesMatter #chsnews pic.twitter.com/z4UFgW7whm |
| Aida Ramirez, a 20-year-old junior at the Maryland Institute College of Art, lives a few blocks away from the statue. She told the Sun that she felt "really uncomfortable" as a Latina growing up around the Confederate flag. | Aida Ramirez, a 20-year-old junior at the Maryland Institute College of Art, lives a few blocks away from the statue. She told the Sun that she felt "really uncomfortable" as a Latina growing up around the Confederate flag. |
| "I understand its historical significance but I definitely think that it should be left in the past. Being a person of color and a Daughter of the Confederacy is weird," she said. | "I understand its historical significance but I definitely think that it should be left in the past. Being a person of color and a Daughter of the Confederacy is weird," she said. |