Protesters and students carry banners in front of a statue of a Confederate soldier nicknamed “Silent Sam” before toppling it during a raly on the University of North Carolina campus in Chapel Hill

Protesters and students carry banners in front of a statue of a Confederate soldier nicknamed “Silent Sam” before toppling it during a raly on the University of North Carolina campus in Chapel Hill

Protesters and students carry banners in front of a statue of a Confederate soldier nicknamed “Silent Sam” before toppling it during a raly on the University of North Carolina campus in Chapel Hill, U.S., August 20, 2018, in this still image taken from a video obtained from social media. John Bowles/via REUTERS