• Light/Dark
  • Ever wanted an RSS feed of all your favorite gaming news sites? Go check out our new Gaming Headlines feed! Read more about it here.

Feel Good Story Of The Day (August 27): Hurricane Laura Takes Out Confederate Monument That Local Officials Refused To Remove

DrForester

DrForester

Mod of the Year 2006
Member
Oct 25, 2017
21,643
www.newsweek.com

Hurricane Laura Brings Down Confederate Monument in Louisiana

The South's Defenders statue, in Louisiana's Calcasieu Parish, was dismantled overnight as the storm made landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast.
www.newsweek.com www.newsweek.com
As Hurricane Laura made landfall along the Gulf Coast early Thursday morning, it brought down a Confederate monument in southern Louisiana that community members pushed to remove earlier this summer. Despite requests from residents and support from a local mayor, the government in Calcasieu Parish, where the monument is located, voted to keep it in its place during a meeting held two weeks ago.

On Thursday morning, photos shared to social media showed the Confederate statue, known as the South's Defenders Monument, incurred significant damages overnight as a result of the hurricane.

"Lake Charles and Calcasieu Parish has been filled with controversy and tension after our parish government by a vote of 10-5 refused to take down the Confederate South's Defenders Monument," wrote Davante Lewis, director of public affairs at The Louisiana Budget Project, alongside pictures of the toppled structure.
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...




HMzWRRn.png
 
Last edited:
Carnby

Carnby

Member
Oct 25, 2017
12,236
Now let's see if it gets restored. Priorities yeah know.

Edit: lol I see the legs are completely bent.
 
Slayven

Slayven

Never read a comic in his life
Moderator
Oct 25, 2017
93,024
granted it is a hurricane but still these things fold up like drug store toys
 
Grym

Grym

Member
Oct 27, 2017
3,970
shouldn't have taken a picture. Should have put in the car and thrown it into a nearby swamp.
 
Layell

Layell

One Winged Slayer
Member
Apr 16, 2018
1,981
Most of them were cheap pieces of junk to intimidate black people, so not surprised it bent.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.