Sentence examples for statue removal from inspiring English sources

She believes the statue removal agenda is partly an aftershock from Trump's win "that really jarred white people around here".

When every descendent of slave and slaveholder alike has their constitutional right to counsel, then maybe we use some of the leftover cash for statue removal.

As so often happens with a mediagenic case, the aftermath of Charlottesville and ensuing vigilante statue removals has cast new light on the everyday reality of this country's steroidal prosecutorial state.

Some residents have protested against the statues' removal ― even sending death threats to contractors hired to remove the monuments.

But protesters resisted the statues' removal up until the end, with some staging 24-hour vigils where they stood.

In the group of troublemakers from out of town, she includes anti-racism activists who demanded the statues' removal, prompting a rally by the Ku Klux Klan in July last year and the Unite the Right event in August.

In statements posted to social media, Strickland stood by the legality of the statues' removal, claiming that he has been dedicated to the lawful eradication of the monuments since his election.

"The police are being cheerful and encouraging people to take photos and selfies," Baynard Woods, the editor at large of The Baltimore City Paper, told The New York Times as he documented the statues' removal.

For his part, Charlottesville vice mayor Wes Bellamy said the dialogue being fostered here—and the reaction from whites and blacks alike is the very point of advocating for the statues' removal.

But Clarke said last week that she hopes recent Confederate-statue removals will help her make a stronger case.

Mandalapu and Rotnofsky listed the statue's removal as one of their platform points in their campaign and filed a resolution for its removal before they were elected.