A crowd of protesters gathered around a statue of George Washington in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday night and lit a fire on its head before pulling it to the ground.
Photos and video from the scene showed that the statue was spray painted with "Genocidal Colonist," "You're on native lands," "BLM" and "Big Floyd" -- presumably referring to George Floyd, who died last month at the hands of Minneapolis police.
It was also tagged with 1619, which is a reference to the year the first slaves were brought to what is now the United States.
Portland Police said the group ran off and there have been no arrests.
On Sunday, protesters pulled down a statue of Thomas Jefferson outside of a Portland high school named after the third president and spray painted "slave owner" and George Floyd's name on its base, CNN affiliate KOIN reported.
Both Washington and Jefferson owned hundreds of slaves during their lifetimes.
Police said hundreds of people held a peaceful rally on Thursday night outside Jefferson High School. Many people there told KOIN that they were ending that event early to rest up for Friday's Juneteenth celebrations commemorating the end of slavery in the United States.
People around the country are reconsidering the legacies of the founding fathers and other historic figures in response to the massive Black Lives Matter protests against systematic racism and injustice.
Source: https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/19/us/portl ... index.html
Basically to summarize this article BLM protestors have pulled down a statue of Washington and Jefferson due their history of owning slaves. As for my opinion on this matter while I understand why the protestors did this I don't think was a good move. While Washington and Jefferson had their flaws, I don't think they should've been pulled down because of their bad deeds they were human just like us and we all make mistakes in our lives. And while we shouldn't celebrate Washington and Jefferson's dark deeds I feel like we need to look at both their good and bad deeds to understand they were flawed, but still did some good things in their lives.
What is your opinion on this NSG was this a good move or no?