Protesters in Durham Pull Down Confederate Statue

Protesters in Durham, North Carolina rushed and toppled a Confederate statue outside the courthouse on Monday evening. The crowd was initially small but steadily grew to include more than 100 people. The statue was then pulled down with a rope.

"No Trump, no KKK, no fascist United States of America!" the protesters are heard chanting as the statue is pulled down to the ground. The protesters later marched to the site of the new Durham Police headquarters, which is under construction.

The monument stood in front of the Old Durham County Courthouse for decades, having been dedicated in 1924, according to a website maintained by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that documents Southern history. The statue depicted an unidentified soldier that fought in the Civil War.

After taking down the statue, protesters marched down Durham's Main Street chanting "I believe that we will win". "When I see a Confederate statue in downtown Durham, or really anywhere, it fills me with a lot of rage and frustration", she said.

"Due to a North Carolina state law passed a few years ago, Durham County is prohibited from removing or making substantive adjustment to historical monuments and memorials", Dawn Dudley, the spokesperson, told WNCN.

The statue is on county property.

Durham County is prohibited from removing or making substantive adjustment to historical monuments and memorials. Organizers of the Durham gathering told WNCN their goal was to "smash white supremacy". "I share this to say that there is a statute in place making the efforts you mention below hard to move forward".