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Torch-Wielding Mob Led by Nationalist Protests Confederate Statue Removal
A large group of torch-carrying white nationalists gathered on Saturday evening in Charlottesville, Virginia, to protest against the removal of a statue of Confederate Civil War General Robert E. Lee.
The city council voted to sell off the 93-year-old monument and replace it with a new memorial dedicated to slaves. A court injunction then halted the removal for at least six months, citing that the...