According to Wikipedia:
"The statue was funded by the University Alumni and the United Daughters of the Confederacy. It was erected in 1913 as a memorial to the Confederate alumni who lost their lives in the American Civil War and all students who joined the Confederate States Army.
More than one thousand members of the university fought in the American Civil War in either the Northern or Southern armies, comprising at least 40% of the student body. The University remained open through the entire war. This was due to President Swain's policy of dependency on men unfit for combat.
A bronze image on the front of the memorial depicts a young student dropping his books as he looks up to answer a call to duty. On the base of the statue, a woman representing the state of North Carolina is depicted calling students to fight for the Southern cause even if it means leaving their studies. The statue was erected to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War (1911)."
Today CNN reported:
"Video footage from CNN affiliate WRAL-TV shows protesters putting up poles and banners around the statue during daylight. By nightfall, video from WRAL shows the statue falling and students cheering. Protesters can also be seen kicking and putting dirt on the statue.
In a statement Tuesday morning, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol L. Folt said she appreciates the actions taken by police to ensure the campus community's safety during Monday's demonstration.
"Last night's actions were unlawful and dangerous, and we are very fortunate that no one was injured," Folt said in an open letter posted on the school's official website. "The police are investigating the vandalism and assessing the full extent of the damage."
CNN continued:
"The Governor understands that many people are frustrated by the pace of change and he shares their frustration, but violent destruction of public property has no place in our communities," the statement read."
I'm sure that the University of North Carolina and Governor Cooper are thankful for law enforcement's {in}action. They are thankful the police did nothing while the protesters erected poles and rope around the statue during the day and continued to do nothing that night when the protesters used said poles and rope to pull the statue down.
Yeah I bet Cooper is really thankful the police did nothing because I believe that he ordered the police to do nothing.
How do I know? Because he said all Confederate monuments in North Carolina should come down, after protesters tore down a Confederate monument...with a rope last year. Are you starting to see a pattern?
Quoting the August 16, 2017 issue of the Washington-Post:
The standing down of police at the University of North Carolina in 2018 along with the police standing down in Durham, North Carolina in 2017 is very much like the police standing down at Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017, both states involved Democrat Governors who want to erase history, because that's what communists do.
Speaking of communists, Big League Politics comes through with another breaking story about last nights destruction at the UNC campus. According to the site:
“So basically what happened was there was four banners on each side – well actually one banner on each side, and they were all connected by sticks,” said Margarita Sitterson, “and people wrapped rope around the sticks and we pulled back and forth and back and forth until it fell down.”
Big League Politics reported:
"A Chapel Hill resident pointed out that there is a Sitterson building on campus. It turns out that Sitterson Hall is named after Margarita’s grandfather, J. Carlyle Sitterson, who served as chancellor of the university from 1966 to 1972.
When asked if her name was on one of the buildings, Sitterson readily admitted that her grandfather is a UNC alumnus, and that he spent his entire life working at the school.“My grandfather – he went here for college, then he became a professor, then he became a dean [inaudible], then he became chancellor.”
Sitterson said she was ashamed and that she carried guilt because she is white, and white people owned slaves."
Was it really slavery that motivated Ms. Sitterson to participate in this destruction of property? Is slavery the reason she is ashamed of her grandfather or could there be a different reason?
Margarita Sitterson's grandfather was J. Carlyle Sitterson. Once again turning to Wikipedia for a quick reference we learn that:
A native of Kinston, North Carolina, Sitterson first came to UNC in 1927 as an undergraduate student. He remained at the University, joining the faculty of the history department in 1935 and later earning his Ph.D., also in history.[1] In 1955, Sitterson became the dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, becoming vice chancellor in 1965 under Chancellor Paul F. Sharp.
On February 16, 1966, Sitterson was installed as chancellor of the University, succeeding outgoing Chancellor Paul Sharp.[3]Sitterson took office in the midst of the controversy surrounding the North Carolina Speaker Ban Law, a state law passed on June 26, 1963 by the North Carolina General Assembly which forbade individuals who were known to be members of the Communist Party or had invoked the Fifth Amendment in connection with congressional investigations of communist activities from speaking on any of the campuses of the University of North Carolina."
I submit that Ms. Margarita Sitterson's participation in this event has less to do with slavery and more to do with obtaining "street cred" from her communist friends.
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