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Black Mayor in Virginia City Receives Threats After Announcing Confederate Statue Removal - The New York Beacon

Richmond mayor Levar Stoney has reportedly been assigned bodyguards after he received numerous “serious” and “credible” threats, which surfaced after he called to remove Confederate monuments in the Virginia city amid nationwide civil unrest. Among the statues targeted for removal include those of Richmond’s Monument Avenue, which […]

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