Protesters in Washington DC climbed up a bronze statue of Brig Gen Albert Pike and brought it down with ropes before setting it alight on Friday 19 June, the US holiday commemorating the end of slavery and known as Juneteenth.
Demonstrators took about an hour to fell the 3-metre (10ft) statue, as Juneteenth celebrations and anti-racist protests took place across the US. The police surrounded the area but did not appear to intervene
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