7 arrested during monument protests at Jackson Square

NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune ^ | 9/24/16 | Wilborn P. Nobles III, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune

[BBell]

The juxtaposition of drumbeats and chants of "No justice, no peace" filled the air on Saturday afternoon (Sept. 24) as hundreds marched toward Jackson Square in an act of protest against the four New Orleans monuments honoring Civil War era figures. For more photos from the protest, click here.

Take 'Em Down NOLA arrived at Jackson Square at 2:17 p.m., where a horse-mounted New Orleans Police patrol blocked access to the Andrew Jackson monument. At one point, protesters could be heard chanting, "We can't get no satisfaction until you take down Andrew Jackson," and some threw liquid-filled balloons at the NOPD command vehicle and spattered EMS Deputy Chief Ken Bouvier of EMS.

New Orleans Police Chief Michael Harrison said seven protesters were arrested during the event. One man named Chuck Perkins was escorted away by NOPD in handcuffs from Jackson Square. Take 'Em Down organizer Michael "Quess" Moore said Perkins marched alongside them in opposition to the monuments.

Harrison said police received information about threats regarding the event, leading the police to create a security plan to manage at least four different groups.

"We did have a couple of incidents that we were able to arrest people for without incident or no injuries to police," he said.

Harrison said there were no injuries to citizens during the protest. Although most of the arrests were for disturbing the peace, Harrison said they made one arrest for aggravated assault involving a man who was allegedly carrying a box cutter. He nonetheless stressed that "at the end of the day, everybody's voices were heard," and "everybody accomplished their goal" with the cooperation of the police.

Earlier, Moore and Take 'Em Down organizer Angela Kinlaw worked with others to begin the march from Congo Square around 1 p.m.

"We're gonna teach them how to

[BBell]

There were some counter protests.

David Duke showed up and man I wish that guy would just go away I mean just be gone, disappear.

A woman is taken away in handcuffs by New Orleans Police as Senate candidate David Duke spoke in Jackson Square in support of the statue of Andrew Jackson on Saturday, September 24, 2016. (Photo by Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com| The Times-Picayune) (Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com| The Times-Picayune)

A man voicing support for the statue of Andrew Jackson is grabbed by protesters as New Orleans Police block the statue of Andrew Jackson in Jackson Square on Saturday, September 24, 2016. (Photo by Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com| The Times-Picayune)

Here are some photographs of the Protest.

Andrew Jackson statue protestLots of stupid white people but the are some good ones of Duke going at it verbally with the protesters.

Senate candidate David Duke, who came to Jackson Square to support the preservation of the statue of Andrew Jackson in advance of a protest to have the statue removed, argues with people who disagree with his controversial views on Saturday, September 24, 2016. (Photo by Michael DeMocker, NOLA.com| The Times-Picayune)

[BBell]

I really wish Duke would crawl back in the hole he came out of. He’s very detrimental to the counter protesters.

[bgill]

If these idiots were at work or at home being fathers to their kids, they wouldn’t have time for this nonsense.

[abb]

Duke is financed by the Democrats to keep their voters (and the Drive-By Media) motivated. That’s how he makes a living. Been that way for years.

[WMarshal]

The Civil Rights movement of the 1960s have morphed into an anti-white pogrom the threatens to turn into a slow rolling genocide of European-Americans if it is not stopped and rolled back.

[BBell]

I always wonder where he gets his money from.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Drumbeat by a mob of tribal protestors.

I think Obama’s plan is to slowly but steadily turn the US into the South African model, but with a Muslim twist. He’s patient and relentless. In this matter, the Clintons are tools. But, Hil has her own power trip.

He should remember as Gandalf said, “a treacherous tool is ever a danger to the hand.”

[Cubs Fan]

have they started beating the whiteys yet? After all, that is the new cool thing to do.

[BBell]

Not yet. The NOPD is pretty darn good at crowd control.

[Fiddlstix]

Looking through all the pictures at that website I noticed several were of people marching in the French Quarter.
IF they continue with their nonsense perhaps they'll be introduced to another tradition of New Orleans know as the "Second Line".

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Why don't you read up on David Duke and get the facts, instead of the regurgitated leftist spin.

The man is a patriot and a racial realist. He's been arguing that giving blacks free s--t and promoting unqualified blacks to positions is backfiring and is only making them and everything else worse.

[DOC44]

We’ve played cowboys and Indians..... we have not played cowboys and ...... yet

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Duke is not financed by the Dems or any other leftist outfit. Sheesh is this Daily Kos?

[Impala64ssa]

"We can't get no satisfaction until you take down Andrew Jackson,"
If I were Mick Jagger I'd sue for copyright infringment and demand royalties.

[Rebelbase]

Hey! Don’t go blowing the david duke kkk narrative that the media has spun for the past 30 years....

[maxsand]

never mind he defeated the British and saved New Orleans in 1815 and was the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837. fuggers...

[jonathonandjennifer]

You speak the truth about what is at the root of it all.

[Wonder Warthog]

Andrew Jackson is NOT a “Civil War era figure”.

[TLI]

Here is an oldie but goodie...

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[Retired Submariner]

Friends....I live down here in the deep woods of Louisiana.

I assure you, those liberals wanting to tear down our proud statues and our history will not survive the Cajun Navy/Cajun Army/Cajun Marines.

We in the Cajun Navy recently held their heads above water, and it will be just as easy to hold them under.

Folks don’t seem to understand that we here own more weapons per household than the rest of the nation and we are mostly crack shots.

We usually appear calm and allow normal idiocy like occurs in New Orleans day to day, but we watch and we wait quietly.

Friends....There will be be no riots or take over in New Orleans or Baton Rouge that will last beyond the first day or two.....And there certainly will be NO problems out in these deep woods and swamps.

Promise