Watch how some in the crowd react, especially the guy in the white tshirt.
What courage it takes to kick a statue which is lying on the ground. I am seriously impressed.
There is also this interesting commentary about this act of vandalism.
ZitatHelp me figure this out.
Durham police later said they monitored the protests to make sure they were “safe,” but did not interfere with the statue toppling because it happened on county property.
“Because this incident occurred on county property, where county law enforcement officials were staffed, no arrests were made by DPD officers,” Durham Police spokesman Wil Glenn wrote in an email statement.
The protesters destroyed county property, but because it was on county property the police couldn’t step in? What?