Screengrab via NBC New York report.
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A Black Lives Matter march in New Jersey turned into a confrontation between protesters on whether or not to take down a Christopher Columbus statue.
Demonstrators went head to head on Friday in Nutley, chanting “black lives matter” and “all lives matter” back and forth to each other. It got to the point where police officers were forced to set up barriers on both sides to distance the two groups.
Mixed signals reportedly provoked the confrontation, but protesters were firm in their beliefs.
“We support the petition to take it down legally, but we did not make the petition and we have not mentioned him at all on our socials,” explained one protester.
Screengrab via NBC New York report.
Another on the opposite side pointed out “if we weren’t here, that statue would be desecrated.”
This confrontation followed the removal of the Christopher Columbus statue in Newark. These efforts come amid rising tensions around the world for statues depicting any form of oppression to be taken down.
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