RT.com
Published time: June 25, 2015
A vandalized Confederate Memorial in Forest Park in St. Louis, Missouri is shown in this photo from St. Louis' Mayor's office released on June 24, 2015.
(Reuters/St. Louis Office of the Mayor)
Amid an intense debate about the place of the Confederate flag on government property, and following the racially-motivated Charleston church shooting, activists around the country have taken to vandalizing statues honoring the Confederate dead.
A statue paying tribute to Confederate fatalities in Baltimore, Maryland, the city that was rocked by protests and riots about police brutality in the death of black man Freddie Gray, was recently defaced with “black lives matter” text.
The statue is inscribed with the words “Gloria Victis,” Latin for “Glory to the Vanquished.” Maryland itself was a member of the Union during the Civil War.
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Free speech is still protected by men and women serving in the military, ready to die for it. To destroy public property is not free speech. It is a crime and they should face charges.
