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Ole Miss Confederate Statue Vandalized Saturday Evening
By Alyssa Schnugg
News editor
alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com
Someone vandalized the Confederate statue in the circle at Ole Miss Saturday evening. University workers were covering up the damage with a drop cloth. Photo by Anna Grace Usery.
While hundreds of people stood together on the Square calling for solidarity, peace and an end to racism Saturday evening, the Confederate statue on the University of Mississippi campus was vandalized.
Spray-painted in black were the words “spiritual genocide” on each side of the statue accompanied by red handprints.
The vandalism is suspected of occurring during the time the rally was being held, around 5 p.m.
University employees covered up the damage with a drop cloth at about 7:15 p.m.
The peaceful protest on the Square was in response to the death of Minneapolis man George Floyd who died May 25 after he was apprehended by Minneapolis Police near a grocery store for allegedly using a counterfeit $20 bill. Former MPD officer Dereck Chauvin has been charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter.
This is a developing story. Check with Hottytoddy.com for updates.
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