Protesters vow continued activism after UNC clears sit-in
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Students staging an around-the-clock protest against a Confederate statue at the University of North Carolina were joined by hundreds of supporters Thursday after police took away picnic tables and other equipment used for the sit-in.
Police oversaw the removal around 9 a.m. of the tables, tarps, signs and other belongings used by the protesters who have been sitting and sleeping for more than a week at the statue known as Silent Sam. The sit-in grew out of an anti-statue demonstration in the aftermath of a violent rally earlier this month in Charlottesville, Virginia.
The organizers vowed to continue their activism, but announced late Thursday that the sit-in was ending after the police sweep.