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Piece by Piece, The confederate statues of the racist soldiers were being dismantled in New Orleans as the changing landscape shows workers tearing down the bronze and stone statues that once seemed unremovable in a region that clings to Confederate legacy...

But the tearing down came at controversy as White Confederates were seen SCREAMING in anger over the removal as Black Protesters were cheering over the removal and clashed with the confederate whiners..

Confederate General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, the 3rd of 4 monuments city officials plan to take down across the city as the news release came and police cordoned off the area

Mayor Mitch Landrieu said "Today we take another step in defining our City not by our past but by out bright future. While we must honour our history, we will now allow the confederacy to be put on a pedestal in the heart of New Orleans"

He called for the removal in the lingering emotional aftermath of the 2015 massacre started by Soon to be executed, Dylann Roof in South Carolina, who murdered 9 black parishioners.

But the removal was not easy after the council voted 6-1 in 2015 to remove them as the removal process was being THREATENED with DEATH THREATS from confederate protesters as the work stalled for months.

They had to wear BULLETPROOF VESTS, helmets and face coverings to shield their identities

Supporters camped out on streets waving the confederate battle flag and called for the monuments to stay as they said it honours their history for the "great soldiers" who made the South "great" like Trump has.

But the majority black city said the monuments pays honour to slavery and segregation for what those soldiers fought for and wanted it taken down.

Confederate President Jefferson Davis was finally lifted from the pedestal which saw massive cheers who waited hours to see it removed as the granite obelisk "The White Rebellion" was the least prominent monument and was the first to be removed..

That commemorated what was known as the Battle of Liberty Place in 1874, a rebellion by whites who battled a biracial Reconstruction era government in New Orleans and an inscription extolling white supremacy was added in 1932.

Do you think these the confederate legacy is something to be "proud" of? let's see what people think

Statue being removed -

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/05/17/04/406AEDC700000578-4513396-image-a-73_1494992733289.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/05/17/04/40320EBC00000578-4513396-image-a-76_1494992963476.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/05/17/04/406B153F00000578-4513396-image-a-77_1494993031794.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/05/17/18/406B1D6A00000578-4513396-A_granite_obelisk_titled_The_White_Rebellion_erected_in_1891_was-a-5_1495043043839.jpg

Confederate Whiners -

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/05/17/04/406B07E900000578-4513396-image-a-74_1494992921113.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/05/17/18/406B1D7700000578-4513396-The_City_Council_voted_6_1_in_2015_to_remove_the_monuments_after-a-4_1495043043600.jpg

Protest fight -

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/05/17/04/406B0E1D00000578-4513396-image-a-91_1494993542059.jpg
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