Police: Stonewall Jackson statue vandalized in Virginia

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Police in Virginia enlighten that two folks were arrested after a Accomplice monument was as soon as vandalized in the metropolis of Charlottesville.

Charlottesville police spokesman Tyler Hawn acknowledged in an electronic mail that the arrests had been made early Thursday morning at the statue of Usual Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson.

Hawn didn’t unencumber the folks’ names but acknowledged more files will seemingly be released.

The metropolis’s Accomplice statues have change into the frequent goal of vandalism in recent months. There may per chance be additionally a statue in the metropolis of Usual Robert E. Lee.

The Lee statue in explicit grew to change into a rallying point for white nationalists. When Charlottesville started its effort to snatch the Lee statue, white nationalists flocked to the metropolis in 2017 for a rally that grew to change into violent and lethal.

Final month, police eliminated an unauthorized digicam and obvious tripwire design from the neighborhood of the Jackson statue. The Lee statue was as soon as additionally vandalized final month with graffiti that acknowledged “impeach Trump.”