UNC chancellor: 'Silent Sam' toppling was a surprise
CHAPEL HILL — Activists who tore down a century-old Confederate statue this week at North Carolina’s flagship public university took campus officials by surprise, the school’s top administrator said Thursday.The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill expected about 100 people to peacefully protest the earlier arrest of an activist demanding removal of the memorial nicknamed “Silent Sam,” Chancellor Carol Folt said during a conference call. Instead, a larger crowd gathered […]
