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Durham Sheriff Arrests In Confederate Statue Destruction: ‘No one is getting away'
The Hearld Sun ^ | 08/15/17 | Colin Warren-Hicks, Cliff Bellamy and Virginia Bridges

Posted on 08/15/2017 6:32:01 PM PDT by Enlightened1

DURHAM

The protester who climbed a ladder to help bring down a Confederate soldier statue was arrested Tuesday, and Sheriff Mike Andrews said his office will pursue felony charges against others.

“Let me be clear, no one is getting away with what happened,” Andrews said.

Takiyah Thompson, a member of Workers World Party and student at N.C. Central University, was arrested after activists held a press conference at NCCU Tuesday afternoon.

In a release Thompson said she was the one who tied a rope around the soldier’s neck so that others could pull the statue to the ground.

The protest left The Confederate Soldiers Monument, dedicated on May 10, 1924, headless on the grass.

Thompson was charged with participation in a riot with property damage in excess of $1,500 (Class H Felony) and inciting others to riot where there is property damage in excess of $1,500 (Class F Felony), the Sheriff’s Office said.

She also was charged with disorderly conduct by injury to a statue and damage to real property, both misdemeanors.

(Excerpt) Read more at heraldsun.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: arrests; destruction; dixie; durham; purge; statue; vandalism
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To: Albion Wilde
Update: Fourth person arrested after toppling of Durham County Confederate monument http://www.heraldsun.com/news/local/counties/durham-county/article167475062.html

Durham got exactly what it wanted: The statue torn down. Any charges are going to be pleaded down to minor misdemeanors. They WANTED the statue gone which is why they let it happen. And now they're placating those who didn't want it gone by making a show of arrests that will go nowhere. Will they put the statue back up? That's the real question.

101 posted on 08/16/2017 12:02:52 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: Albion Wilde

Hoping their sentence is to pay restitution for the restoration of the statue, and that they have to polish it every Sunday afternoon while on work release.


102 posted on 08/16/2017 12:03:25 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: Albion Wilde

Thanks for the update - she sure ain’t smiling today!


103 posted on 08/16/2017 12:24:32 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: Albion Wilde

How does it feeeel...to be a felon?


104 posted on 08/16/2017 12:34:38 PM PDT by Hotlanta Mike (You for avoid reality, but you can't avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.")
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To: Albion Wilde

Good news that they’re finally taking some PUBLIC action against these thugs - perhaps the notoriety will help some of them reflect a bit on their childish rebellious impulses and curb their enthusiasm for Talibanian vandalism in the future - but what I really hope is that the feds are involved in this at some level and working their way on up the chain of dupes toward the top - who’s organizing and funding this mass sedition - probably lead to Soros himself with enough time and prosecutions.....


105 posted on 08/16/2017 12:46:12 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: Albion Wilde

More good news.


106 posted on 08/16/2017 1:33:30 PM PDT by Bodleian_Girl (Don't check the news, check Cernovich on Twitter)
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To: Road Warrior ‘04

Two words, friend: “Treyvon Martin.”


107 posted on 08/16/2017 2:30:44 PM PDT by ALongRoadAhead
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To: Intolerant in NJ

From your keyboard to God’s ears.


108 posted on 08/16/2017 10:50:15 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
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To: Bodleian_Girl
Compare and contrast their actions:

Durham city po-lease chief C.J. Davis • Durham County Sheriff Mike Andrews


109 posted on 08/16/2017 10:57:15 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (I was not elected to continue a failed system. I was elected to change it. --Donald J. Trump)
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To: Albion Wilde
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Look what Cernovich found. "Beats" by Dre Harris, supposed "victim" in Charlottesville.

110 posted on 08/17/2017 4:14:45 PM PDT by Bodleian_Girl (Don't check the news, check Cernovich on Twitter)
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