US: Richmond protesters topple another Confederate statue

Demonstrators in Richmond tore down ar Confederate statue in city Tuesday night, news outlets reported.

Howitzers Monument located near Virginia Commonwealth University’s Monroe Park campus was toppled after protesters who spent night marching in rain used a rope to pull it down from its pedestal.

paint-splattered statue was seen face down on ground as rain continued overnight in Virginia’s capital city, according to a video from Richmond Times-Dispatch.

It's third Confederate statue, and fourth monument, to be torn down by demonstrators in Virginia since international protests erupted following death of George Floyd, a black man who died after he was pinned to pavement by a white Minneapolis officer who pressed his knee into Floyd's neck.

Statues of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and Confederate Gen. Williams Carter Wickham as well as a Christopher Columbus were toppled by demonstrators in recent weeks.

Protesters in Richmond started ir march Tuesday night vocating for removal of all Confederate statues, establishing a civilian review board over police actions and defunding police, among or things, Richmond Times-Dispatch reported.

Before its toppling, Howitzers Monument showed a Confederate artilleryman standing in front of a gun. It was erected in 1892 to memorialize city’s Civil War artillery unit, according to Encyclopedia of Virginia.