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Title: 'He’s gonna come down': Black Lives Matter and Christian activists clash in St. Louis over statue of
Post by: mystery-ak on June 28, 2020, 09:34:55 pm

'He’s gonna come down': Black Lives Matter and Christian activists clash in St. Louis over statue of city's namesake
by Dominick Mastrangelo, Social Media Producer |
 | June 28, 2020 04:35 PM

About 200 people gathered in St. Louis as Black Lives Matter activists announced a promise to tear down a statue of King Louis IX of France, after whom the city is named, leading to a clash between protesters.

“He’s gonna come down,” Umar Lee, one of the Saturday protest organizers, told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch of the statue. “This guy right here represents hate, and we’re trying to create a city of love. We’re trying to create a city where Black lives matter. We’re trying to create a city where there is no anti-Semitism or Islamophobia … this is not a symbol of our city in 2020.”

Moji Sidiqi, another organizer of Saturday's event and member of the Regional Muslim Action Network, suggested after the statue is torn down, a new monument should be erected in its place that celebrates the city's diversity.

“It’s a revolution,” Sidiqi said. “It’s time for change … right now, our number one mission is to take this thing down and sit down with people who want to see positive change take place and continue to heal our country.”

The statue has sat atop Art Hill in the city's Forest Park neighborhood since 1904. Protesters tore down a statue of Christopher Columbus in Tower Grove Park earlier this month.

Demonstrators on Saturday were met by several Christian activists, who argued the statue's religious symbolism is too important to the city to remove it.

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Title: Re: 'He’s gonna come down': Black Lives Matter and Christian activists clash in St. Louis over statu
Post by: Applewood on June 28, 2020, 11:51:33 pm

Hey Bill Barr!  This story has some people and an organization you might want to investigate - instead of investigating and prosecuting a few low level terrorists just for show:

Umar Lee
Moji Sidiq
Regional Muslim Action Network