On August 13, the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury voted to keep a Confederate monument in Lake Charles, Louisiana, standing at the spot in front of a courthouse where it stood since 1915.
But after Hurricane Laura ripped through the area Thursday morning, the “South’s Defenders” monument was torn from its base.
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Can confirm, the confederate statue in Lake Charles that many were wondering about is gone, apparently a casualty of Hurricane Laura pic.twitter.com/xWzLpRAnBJ
— Andrea Gallo (@aegallo) August 27, 2020
According to critics, the monument was a glorification of slavery. Photos posted to Twitter show the statue on the ground next to the pedestal where it once stood.
[Featured image credit: Bryan Bream]
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