<p>Protesters in Richmond, Virginia, on August 13 demanded the city’s Robert E. Lee monument be taken down.</p><p>Local media</a> said demonstrators wanted the statue, which celebrates the Confederacy’s top general, to be removed.</p><p>White nationalists protesting plans to remove a monument of Lee in Charlottesville</a> clashed with counter-protesters on Saturday, leading to three deaths and a dozen injuries.</p><p>A woman, named Heather Heyer</a>, was struck and killed by a car that rammed into crowds during the confrontation. Two Virginia State Police</a> personnel died in a helicopter crash while monitoring the incident in Charlottesville.</p><p>The violence in Charlottesville sparked solidarity rallies across the US on August 13 and 14. Credit: Richmond Police via Storyful</p><br />
