North Carolina Man Charged for Starting Riots and Toppling Confederate Statues

A North Carolina man was arrested for allegedly starting a riot over the weekend that led to the toppling and damaging of two Confederate monuments.
North Carolina Man Charged for Starting Riots and Toppling Confederate Statues
Snow falls on the Henry Lawson Wyatt Monument at the state capitol in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Jan. 17, 2018. Lance King/Getty Images
Lorenz Duchamps
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A North Carolina man was arrested Sunday night for allegedly starting a riot over the weekend that led to the toppling and damaging of two Confederate monuments in the state capitol in Raleigh.

Conrad Paul James, 27, has been charged with inciting a riot—a felony in North Carolina—first-degree trespass, resisting an officer, and injury to personal property, according to a news release from the North Carolina Department of Public Safety.
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