Journalists in Maryland city post images of monuments being removed after death of civil rights activist at Charlottesville protestConfederate-era monuments have been taken down in the middle of the night in Baltimore. Journalists in the city in Maryland, US, tweeted that the statues were being removed days after a city council vote on the issue. Play Video 0:30 Confederate-era monuments taken away in the middle of the night in BaltimoreAlec MacGillis, another journalist, posted images of the Jackson and Lee statues being taken down. The Baltimore mayor, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, announced the creation of a special commission to review all of Baltimore’s Confederate statues and historical assets in June 2015. Photograph: @AlecMacGillis/TwitterOther cities and states accelerated their plans to remove Confederate monuments following the violence in Virginia.

Source: The Guardian August 16, 2017 08:32 UTC