Protesters tear down Confederate monument, Bham Mayor Randall Woodfin vows to ‘finish the job’

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Linn Park in Birmingham

Birmingham, Ala. Mayor Randall Woodfin has promised to “finish the job” of tearing down a 115-year-old Confederate monument after protestors did their best to remove it themselves.

Protestors who were demanding justice for the unnecessary death of George Floyd attempted to remove the monument Sunday night from Linn Park in Birmingham.

Woodfin appeared at the park as protestors attempted to tear down the 52-foot-tall granite obelisk honoring Confederate veterans. He pleaded with them to go home before arrests began, telling the crowd, “Allow me to finish the job for you.”

Woodfin’s promise is in direct violation to state law. The 2017 Alabama Memorial Preservation Act currently prohibits relocating, removing, altering or renaming public buildings, streets and memorials that have been standing for more than 40 years.