The Nathan Bedford Forrest Statue in Health Sciences Park was vandalized.
Someone spray painted 'Black Lives Matter' on the front of the statue. But by Monday around noon, the statue was already being cleaned by volunteers and city workers.
"I wanted to try and take the hate away. He and his wife are both buried here. If that was your grandmother that was being desecrated, you'd be upset too,” said Catherine Blalock, who said her great grandfather rode with Forrest.
The vandalism came 366 days after the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown at the hands of a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer.
The shooting sparked the national Black Lives Matter movement.
"Everybody's life matters but you ain't gotta deface something,” said Raymond Lee Jones
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I'm so sick of this BLM sh*t.....BLDon'tM,....aren't they gonna be shocked when the truth hits 'em on the head and they realize that the WBTS was NOT fought for their freedom....yes neither side cared....BLDon'tM
ReplyDeleteAll they care about is the filthy lucre they can steal from the taxpayer. today.
DeleteBlack lived are quickly becomming info sequential. But then, what do I know? Made a few comments a couple of months ago, and got roasted on a couple of flog sites. Namely the 1.5% Patriot genre. Hope they like what they are about to witness. Hope they like our (not their) history being stolen. I'll say it now. They are frauds to the real Patriot causes.
ReplyDeleteThey are frauds to the real Patriot causes.
DeleteNo quarter.
I'd hesitate to deface The General's statue myself, but adding the words "NO THEY DON'T" to the other graffiti wouldn't bother him too much, do you think?
ReplyDelete:) You could stick a sign in the dirt with an arrow poising towards .
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