Chapel Hill mayor asks for Silent Sam to be removed from UNC campus
Chapel Hill Mayor Pam Hemminger sent a letter to UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt requesting that UNC petition the North Carolina Historic Commission to immediately remove Silent Sam from campus "in the interest of public safety."
Posted — UpdatedHemminger sent a letter to UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt Thursday asking, in light of Monday’s toppling of a Confederate monument in Durham and Thursday’s vandalism of the Duke Chapel statue, that the confederate soldier statue be immediately removed from campus.
She cited a state statute which states that at times political subdivisions, such as a university, should take “appropriate measures” to preserve a monument.
"Right now is such a time. The possibility of a breach of the peace is high, and with it the likelihood that Silent Sam could suffer substantial damage," Hemminger said in a statement.
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