In US, death threats for those removing Confederate statues

  by Daxia Rojas © Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Since his contracting company began removing Confederate statues from Richmond, Virginia — controversial symbols of the South’s slave-holding past — Devon Henry has got himself a gun that never leaves his side. “Based on all the comments and the vitriol that folks spew over these two years, I just refuse to let my guard down,” the African-American business owner told AFP. “On one […]