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statues of Confederate leaders and the explorers Christopher Columbus were demolished, in the United States , such as pressure grows on the authorities to monuments associated with slavery and colonialism.

A statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis was brought down in Richmond, Virginia, on Wednesday evening.

elsewhere in The City , a statue of Columbus was Torn Down , burned and thrown into a lake A Day earlier.

Anti-Racism protests in new debates sparked about US historical monuments.

memorials to the Confederacy, a group of southern States that fought to keep Black People as slaves in The American Civil War of 1861-65, were among those targeted by the protesters on the street after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis custody of the police.

A three-Meter-high (10ft) bronze statue of the Italian Explorer Columbus was overthrown, in Saint Paul , Minnesota on Wednesday.

statues of Columbus in Boston, Massachusetts, and Miami, Florida, were also devastated. In Boston, standing on a pedestal in The Heart of The City , was beheaded.

Many people in the US celebrate The Memory of Columbus, who is in the textbooks credited with the discovery of the "New World ", America in the 15Th Century .

But the Native American activists have long objected Saying in honor of Columbus, his expeditions led to America, the colonization and genocide of their Ancestors .

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Many cities and organizations have already. steps to remove the Confederate symbols, which has long stirred controversy because of their Association with Racism

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But a judge has since granted to stop an injunction, the removal of The Statue .

those that say that they will remain part of America's heritage.

He tweeted: "The United States of America and our HEROES to be trained on this Hallowed ground, and won two world wars. Therefore, my government will not consider even the renaming of this Beautiful and Storied Military installations. "

On Wednesday, Mr Trump to take the renewed threats of Federal action against the local protesters occupy the public space.

In a pointed exchange on Twitter, Mr trump demanded that The Mayor of Seattle, "take back your city" of protesters, which he called anarchists and domestic terrorists.

Mayor Durkan responded that Mr Trump could every make the sure, goes Back To his White house bunker.

A similar have been seen a counter-reaction against statues of slave-owners, in the UK, since Mr. Floyd's death.

Black Lives matter protesters tore down a statue of the Slave Trader Edward Colston and threw it in a port during a Demonstration in The City of Bristol on Sunday .

made to issue to a safe place before you go to a museum.

earlier This Week , a statue of the well-known slaveholder Robert Milligan was removed, from the outside, The Museum of London Docklands .

And, during a Black matter protest in London Lives Last Weekend , a statue of Sir Winston Churchill in Parliament Square was sprayed with graffiti.

Source of news: bbc.com