Confederate Statue Vandalized in the Town Square of Tuskegee

Overnight, the Confederate Memorial in the town square of Tuskegee was vandalized.

Expletives were spray-painted on the 106-year-old statue.

The memorial has been the center of controversy in Tuskegee. It sits in a small plot of land that was given to the united daughters of the confederate in 1906. The statue has been defaced at least three prior times.

In 2015  Tuskegee mayor, Johnny Ford unsuccessfully tried to have the statue relocated. According to census numbers, macon county is  97% African American.