Monument of Jefferson Davis torn down in Richmond as anti-racism protests continue in US
Protesters have pulled down a statue of Jefferson Davis, the Civil War-era president of the Confederacy, amid continuing protests triggered by the police killing of George Floyd and the wider issue of racism in the US.
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