Durham County Sheriff Mike Andrews said he will seek criminal charges against protesters who pulled down a Confederate statue in front of the old Durham County courthouse Monday night.
“County leaders were aware of the risk of damage to the Confederate statute, as well as, the potential risk of injury to the public and officers should deputies attempt to control the crowd. Collectively, we decided that restraint and public safety would be our priority,” Andrews wrote.
“As the Sheriff, I am not blind to the offensive conduct of some demonstrators nor will I ignore their criminal conduct. With the help of video captured at the scene, my investigators are working to identify those responsible for the removal and vandalism of the statue.”
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That poor Sheriff. He has no idea the meat grinder he just jumped into. He will be lucky, to just be run out of office as a racist. Watch the death threats pour in. And the media begin an all out character assassination.
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Hadn't thought of that, but am afraid you are correct.
DeleteHaving lived in Chapel Hill for 2 years amongst the rabble of UNC "Socialists" I fear for Silent Sam. A beautiful statue on campus of a Civil war soldier that's already been assaulted with paint.
ReplyDeleteThey complained before, but this will just snowball.
DeleteWow. That's wonderful. I'm shocked.
ReplyDeleteThe path to unity is to respect both Confederate and black heritages. And to tear down the Confederate just creates a backlash.
I think this can be somewhat good, because it wakes people up. Too much comfort spoils a people. But if you have someone pestering you, it can motivate a person to be wary.
In politics, the best people tend to avoid power. They don't want it. And so you get criminals in office. But if good citizens notice a problem, they might get more involved, more educated.
Tearing down a statue really might be less harmful than another 2m immigrants this year alone.
Good points.
DeleteI can't wait for the legislature to pass a Bill to fund it's replacement.
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid you are being facetious, but perhaps it can be repaired.
DeleteDaughters of the Confederacy are going to have
Deletethe beauty repaired.
Did you see the savagery in these freaks behavior!
Totally insane looking.
Great and they need to be overpowered. They understand nothing less.
DeleteActually I wasn't. Once cast bronze is broken and bent it is beyond repair. That doesn't mean the mold from which it was cast was not preserved some where. Short of that I'm sure there are plenty of photographs from which a new one could be modeled.
DeleteThanks and Anon commented above that the UDC is going to have it repaired.
Delete...About time these bastards were arrested.
ReplyDeleteASAP.
DeleteThe reaction is better than I'd expected. Trump condemned statue removal (I saw your link). And the perps are arrested.
ReplyDeleteIf this statue removal war happens now instead of 10yrs from now, there are still old folks around to fight it. Younger people just don't care as much - or aren't from around here.
Somewhat also it's in a sense good, because then they can quit uniting against us.
If we could have a private Southern park somewhere, that could be better; because then it'd give us our own place. And if we had lots of fancy, expensive statues there, it'd be neat.
People could make pilgrimages to the park(s).
This also wakes Southerners up to how we're under siege. We might be compelled to be sure our history and values are passed down, so forth.
I just add, what's been killing us is the slow boiling in the pot. Tearing down statues is a quick boil.
I want the political reactions, but I really would very much like to preserve these statues.
Thanks and agree fully.
DeleteThe Sheriif and his deputies facilitated the
ReplyDeletemonumnrt's destruction.
"Sheriff’s deputies recorded the event but did not intervene as a protester climbed a ladder amid applause and chants and slipped a yellow, bungie-like cord around the soldier’s head and arm."
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Stop giving him a pass.
The Nuremberg trials settled that BS.
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I don't agree with his decision, but I wasn't there.
Delete“County leaders were aware of the risk of damage to the Confederate statute, as well as, the potential risk of injury to the public and officers should deputies attempt to control the crowd. Collectively, we decided that restraint and public safety would be our priority,” Andrews wrote.
That's nothing but BS.
DeleteSo now the police are supposed
to let people riot and destroy
property, because of "the potential
risk of injury to the public and officers
should deputies attempt to control
the crowd."
Moreover, that's the same CYA lie
that's being spun to explain away
the intentional failure of police in
Charlottesville.
Hmmm, let me apply that rationale
to similar situations.
We're not going on patrol today.
Why not?
There is a potential risk of injury, the enemy
may have placed IED's in the road and
might be waiting to ambush us.
cav med
As long as they go home at night takes priority.
DeleteNot when it comes to communist
Deleteshitbags destroying the memorials
of our honored war dead.
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The view of the police.....
DeleteAs long as they go home at night takes priority.