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  • Vandals leave anti-ICE message on P.G.T. Beauregard pedestal

    07/04/2018 5:17:23 PM PDT · by BBell · 18 replies
    https://www.nola.com/ ^ | 7/4/18 | Wilborn P. Nobles III
    A site in New Orleans where the statue of a Confederate leader once stood continues to elicit controversy, this time relative to the modern controversy over the Trump administration's enforcement of immigration laws. At some point late Tuesday or early Wednesday (July 4), vandals spray-painted the pedestal that once held P.G.T. Beauregard equestrian statue near the City Park entrance at Esplanade and North Carrollton avenues. The messages "Defend Kids Not Fascism" was written on one side of the base, and "NOLA is Preaux Migrant" was on the other. "Melt ICE," referencing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, was sprayed on the front...
  • Removal of Confederate symbols turns nasty in New Orleans

    03/25/2016 7:06:53 AM PDT · by Olog-hai · 65 replies
    Associated Press ^ | Mar 25, 2016 9:47 AM EDT | Cain Burdeau
    Backlash against a plan to remove prominent Confederate monuments in New Orleans has been tinged by death threats, intimidation and even what may have been the intentional torching of a contractor’s Lamborghini. For now, at least, things have gotten so nasty the city hasn’t found a contractor willing to bear the risk of tearing down the monuments. The city doesn’t have its own equipment to move them and is now in talks to find a company, even discussing doing the work at night to avoid further tumult.Initially, it appeared the monuments would be removed quickly after the majority black City...