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Orange County prosecutors dismissed charges this week against two men who had appealed their conviction in the 2018 toppling of the Silent Sam Confederate statue on UNC-Chapel Hill's campus.
Charges dismissed for two men accused of toppling UNC's Silent Sam statue The district attorney said the decision was based on having to prioritize cases piling up in the court system since it was shut down by the pandemic. Author: Associated Press Updated: 7:54 AM EST January 28, 2021 HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — Prosecutors have dismissed charges against two men who appealed their convictions in the 2018 toppling of a Confederate statue on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The News & Observer of Raleigh reports Orange-Chatham District A...