A large group of armed protesters marched through the US state of Georgia’s Stone Mountain Park, calling for the park’s massive Confederate carving to be removed. The predominantly black demonstrators spoke out against the huge sculpture depicting General Robert E. Lee, Confederate president Jefferson Davis and General Thomas J. Carved into a granite mountain, the bas-relief sculpture is the largest Confederate monument ever crafted. Stone Mountain Memorial Association spokesman John Bankhead said there were between 100 and 200 protesters. Although the park has historically been a gathering spot for white supremacists, the city of Stone Mountain nowadays has a majority-black population.

Source: Irish Independent July 05, 2020 07:30 UTC