Black Lives Matter Protesters Attack Jefferson Statue At University Of Virginia

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On Tuesday night in Charlottesville at the University of Virginia, which was founded by Thomas Jefferson, roughly 100 students, faculty and local residents assaulted the statue of Jefferson on the campus rotunda, covering it with a black shroud, hanging a banner on it that read “Black Lives Matter” and “F**k White Supremacy,” and holding a sign reading “Thomas Jefferson is a racist and a rapist.”

Meanwhile, the crowd chanted, “No Trump, No KKK, no racist UVa” and “What do we want? Justice! When do we want it? Now!”

In August, a riot ensued in Charlottesville after white nationalists protested the plans by the city council to remove the statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee and counter-protesters showed up. READ MORE

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