Black Lives Matter Robert E Lee Statue. According to media reports, police received a report early Tuesday that the words "Black Lives Matter" had been painted on the base of the statue, which depicts Lee on horseback. Lee, the Civil War general whose statue was at the center of violence in Charlottesville.
They have been rallying points during protests in Virginia in recent days, and have been tagged with graffiti, including messages that say "end police brutality" and "stop white supremacy". A statue of Sir Winston Churchill erected in Parliament Square, Westminster, has been sprayed with graffiti during a Black Lives Matter protest. The death of Mr Floyd, whose neck was Last week, for example, Virginia's Governor Ralph Northam announced that a statue of Confederate General Robert E Lee would be removed from Richmond. "My name is Robert Lee IV; I am a descendant of Robert E.
Lee removed last year from Duke Chapel will remain an empty space, responding to protests and violent racial clash in Charlottesville.
A statue of Sir Winston Churchill erected in Parliament Square, Westminster, has been sprayed with graffiti during a Black Lives Matter protest.
The Robert E Lee statue is the largest of five Confederate statues along Richmond's Monument Avenue. It comes as multiple Confederate statues are being toppled across the US. Black Lives Matter sign and LGBTQ pride flag are projected onto statue of Robert E.