ALBEMARLE, N.C. — A Confederate statue in Albemarle was vandalized overnight.
Read our past coverage about Confederate statues vandalized in the area:
- Two Confederate monuments vandalized in uptown
- Confederate monument in midtown vandalized again
- Cornelius police investigating vandalism of monument
- Confederate soldier statue on UNC-Chapel Hill campus vandalized
The Albemarle police chief told Channel 9 that a quote and the words “black lives matter” was spray-painted between 10 p.m. Wednesday and 8 a.m. Thursday on the statue at West Main Street and South Depot Street.
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