Protesters Topple Thomas Jefferson Statue at Oregon High School

Bertrand L. Taylor III, a member of the Monticello Cabinet of The Thomas Jefferson Foundation, takes photographs of the statue of Thomas Jefferson after the 69th annual Jefferson Memorial Ceremony April 13, 2012 at Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington. Alex Wong/Getty Images

A statue of Thomas Jefferson displayed at a high school in Portland, Oregon, was toppled on Sunday evening by protesters.

The statue of the third U.S. president outside Jefferson High School was vandalized with graffiti before being torn down with ropes and smashed with an axe by protestors, a video on Twitter shows.