Rioters deface monument honoring all-black regiment of Union Civil War soldiers

disrn ^ | Jun 6th, 2020 | Peter Heck

[MarvinStinson]

Exactly 123 years to the day that it was dedicated, the Shaw Memorial, a monument honoring the first all-volunteer black regiment of the Union Army in the Civil War, was defaced by rioters demanding justice for African-Americans.

On May 31, 1897, the monument was erected on Boston Commons to honor the 54th Massachusetts Regiment of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, who bravely attacked Confederate forces at Fort Wagner.

One of the soldiers, Sgt. William Harvey Carney carried the American flag throughout the battle, never dropping it despite being shot 7 times. Carney was the first black American to win the Congressional Medal of Honor for action.

Liz Vizza, the executive director overseeing the public garden where the monument is located, was shocked that a memorial to black soldiers was defaced by rioters. She noted that the black men who fought in the 54th Massachusetts Regiment were not only risking death, but also the potential of being enslaved if they had been captured.

"This monument is considered one of the nation's greatest pieces of public art and the greatest piece to come out of the Civil War," [Vizza] told WBUR-FM.

The backside of the monument honoring Carney and the 270 men who lost their lives in the battle is now covered with profane graffiti reading "ACAB" (All Cops Are B*stards), "F*** 12" (police), "BLM," "No Justice, No Peace," and "Police are Pigs."

The exploits of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment were depicted in the 1989 Hollywood epic, "Glory."

[MarvinStinson]

Liz Vizza, the executive director overseeing the public garden where the monument is located, was shocked that a memorial to black soldiers was defaced by rioters.

"This monument is considered one of the nation's greatest pieces of public art and the greatest piece to come out of the Civil War," Vizza told WBUR-FM.

The backside of the monument honoring the 270 men who lost their lives in the battle is now covered with profane graffiti reading "ACAB" (All Cops Are B*stards), "F*** 12" (police), "BLM," "No Justice, No Peace," and "Police are Pigs."

[StAntKnee]

Peaceful protesters. And intelligent, too.

[metmom]

Shocked only because she’s not really in touch with reality.

She lives in some utopian dream world where people are basically good and respect others. Welcome to reality.....

[FlipWilson]

I suppose that their black lives didn’t matter.

[bert]

Black Rioters Can’t Read

[FreedomPoster]

> Liz Vizza, the executive director overseeing the public garden where the monument is located, was shocked that a memorial to black soldiers was defaced by rioters.

Liz is completely clueless about what is going on here.

[Pontiac]

She noted that the black men who fought in the 54th Massachusetts Regiment were not only risking death, but also the potential of being enslaved if they had been captured.

I don’t recall in what time reference the battle took place but I do recall that at sometime after the Union put freed blacks in to battle that the Confederate States passed a law that any freed slave that was captured in a Union uniform would be executed.

But on the subject of the desecration of the monument, the protesters assume that anyone this country ever thought worthy of honoring with a monument must be a scoundrel at best.

[Texas Eagle]

Is Shaw the guy played by Matthew Brodderi k in “Glory”?

[captain_dave]

The riots are also full of pasty white Antifa types, who are the modern embodiment of the KKK. Because it is a monument to America, it must be torn down in their eyes.

[captain_dave]

Yes

[MarvinStinson]

What do Morgan Freeman and Denzel Washington have to say about this defacement of the monument to the events they depicted in Glory (1989 film)?

[Texas Eagle]

Interesting. So even the white guy who helped the AntiFa of the day is not immune from their hatred.

[PeterPrinciple]

Interesting. So even the white guy who helped the AntiFa of the day is not immune from their hatred.

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Research the Chinese communist revolution. All the educated supporters were killed after the revolution or shipped to the country to scoop shit for reeducation.

[Texas Eagle]

Is that a heart that somebody spray painted at the end of BLM on the far right side? How sweet. Bunch of precocious little scamps.

[headstamp 2]

As terrible as it is this is now marginalizing this BS movement.

Its starting to alienate the vast majority of people.

And that includes blacks. Just had a conversation yesterday with my neighbor who is black. He wants no part of it and is aghast at what is going on.

Most people want to feel safe in their homes and this is what this proposed mobocracy is seeking to destroy. They are the new brown shirts.

[Rebelbase]

The ignorance of the average protester is astounding. Sheer stupidity magnified by gullible naivete.

[headstamp 2]

[[[The riots are also full of pasty white Antifa types, who are the modern embodiment of the KKK. Because it is a monument to America, it must be torn down in their eyes.]]]

An LEO friend said that the absolute worst are the young white women. He said they are psychotic, hyper violent and abusive. He had one inches away from in on the line yelling obscenities at him for a good two hours non-stop like an automaton.

[Tomato lover]

“Black Rioters Can’t Read”

BINGO!!! We have a ‘Thread’ winner. In only four words can you justify this vandalism?

[captain_dave]

Hard core veganism possibly leads to mental instability. It’s the lack of fat, especially animal fat, in the diet.

[Stevenfo]

[[The riots are also full of pasty white Antifa types, who are the modern embodiment of the KKK. Because it is a monument to America, it must be torn down in their eyes.}

I read elsewhere that many of the white Antifa types are college graduates whose career did not take off. They found out that their degree in 17th Century French Bridge Graffiti isn’t getting them anywhere. Frustrated, they are like moths to a flame with Antifa.