BUSTED: Police Arrest Protester Who Helped Destroy Durham, N.C. Confederate Statue
Channel: News For You
Date: 2017-08-16

On Tuesday, Durham County arrested Takiya Thompson, a North Carolina Central University student who helped topple a Confederate monument near Durham County’s former courthouse. 
WRAL reports: 

A North Carolina Central University student was arrested Tuesday in connection with a Monday night protest in which a Confederate statue in front of Durham County’s former courthouse was pulled down. 

Takiya Thompson used a ladder to scale the podium on which the Confederate Soldiers Monument stood, then climbed the statue and wrapped a strap around it so other protesters could pull it down. 

Durham County Sheriff Mike Andrews said Tuesday that his deputies were working to identify others involved in the incident and plan to pursue felony charges against them. 

“Let me be clear, no one is getting away with what happened. We will find the people responsible,” Andrews said during an afternoon news conference. “We can all agree yesterday went too far. Yesterday was not the Durham that I know