Lincoln Park saw an uneasy standoff Thursday night after left-wing protesters said they planned to rally against a statue of Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C., that had been paid for by freed slaves and dedicated by the African-American abolitionist Frederick Douglass. The Emancipation Memorial depicts Lincoln holding the Emancipation Proclamation and standing over a shackled, kneeling African-American. DC'S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATE WANTS 'PROBLEMATIC' LINCOLN STATUE REMOVED FROM LINCOLN PARKHer remarks came after a crowd tried to tear down a nearby statue of former President Andrew Jackson over the weekend and as they stepped up criticism of the Lincoln statue. Earlier in the week, protesters announced that they planned to rally at the Emancipation Memorial on Thursday and Friday night. By Thursday, Fox News cameras near the base of the monument found that authorities had set up fencing around the Emancipation statue and police were out in force in the park.

Source: Fox News June 26, 2020 02:15 UTC