Why Should Protesters Topple Statues?

Toppling statues of historical slaveholders became a nation wide trend during the first three weeks of the george floyd protests. President trump's fury over the george washington action threw the youth liberation front into the national spotlight. At least 17 more statues would meet the same fate, and more would be quietly relocated for their own protection. The wilf themselves are only one part of portland's activist eco system,. originally emerging from a loose coalition of anti racist and anti trump high school groups.