Mayor Mondale Robinson Under Investigation After Removing Confederate Statues

Mayor Mondale Robinson is under investigation after livestreaming teardown of Confederate monuments. Cenk Uygur, Sharon Reed, and Mayor Mondale Robinson discuss on The Young Turks. Reserve your copy of Justice is Coming: https://go.tyt.com/jic_description

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"A mayor of a North Carolina town is under investigation by federal authorities after livestreaming the teardown of a Confederate monument.

In a Facebook Live video posted on Sunday, Enfield, N.C., Mayor Mondale Robinson livestreamed the teardown of a Confederate monument that had stood in the town for over 90 years, instructing a volunteer driving a tractor to push the main piece of the monument to the ground.

“Yessir,” Robinson yelled during the live stream. “Death to the Confederacy around here! Not in my town, not on my watch.”

Earlier this month, the town’s board of commissioners voted 4-1 in favor of removing the 10-foot monument from the town’s Randolph Park area, The Washington Post reported.

But Robinson, who was elected as Enfield’s mayor earlier this year, may have violated a state law that outlined initial procedures for monument removal.

North Carolina’s State Bureau of Investigation (NCSBI) confirmed to The Hill on Wednesday that it has received requests from Enfield Police Department Chief James Ayers and its District Attorney Andrew Murray to launch an investigation into the property damage at the park where the monument had stood.

SBI spokesperson also said that the district attorney’s office will determine whether criminal charges are appropriate in the case after completing its investigation.

Ayers confirmed to The Hill his request to NCSBI to investigate the confederate monument removal, but declined to comment further on the matter."

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