Pike Statue Toppled

From the Guardian's 6-20-20 report entitled "Protesters Topple Confederate General Statue in Washington DC and Set It on Fire":

Protesters toppled the only statue of a Confederate general in the nation’s capital and set it on fire on Juneteenth, the day marking the end of slavery in the US, amid continuing anti-racism demonstrations after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

Cheering demonstrators jumped up and down as the 11-foot (3.4-meter) statue of Albert Pike – wrapped with chains – wobbled on its high granite pedestal before falling backward, landing in a pile of dust. Protesters then set a bonfire and stood around it in a circle as the statue burned, chanting, “No justice, no peace, no racist police”.

Eyewitness accounts and videos posted on social media indicated police were on the scene but did not intervene. The president, Donald Trump, quickly tweeted about the toppling, calling out DC mayor Muriel Bowser and writing: “The DC police are not doing their job as they watched a statue be ripped down and burn. These people should be immediately arrested. A disgrace to our country.”

Jubilant protesters read out Trump’s tweet over a bullhorn and cheered. After the statue fell, most protesters returned peacefully to Lafayette park near the White House.

To read the entire Guardian article, click HERE. 

For more information about "the shadowy Masonic figure" known as Albert Pike, read Chapter Eight of my first book, Cryptoscatology: Conspiracy Theory as Art Form ("The Mystery of Albert Pike"), and Loren Coleman's 9-13-14 Twilight Language post entitled "Pike Name Game Strikes Again."