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A boss of abraham lincoln in chicago was torched, he was the 1 that freed the slaves, chicago is in the land of lincoln, open a history book! angela rye said this. >> george washington was a slave owner and we need to call slave owners out for what they were. he wasn't protecting my freedom. i wasn't something, my ancestors weren't deemed human beings to him. i don't care if it's george washington, thomas jefferson or robert e. lee. they all need to come down. jesse: it's one thing to remove a statue of robert e. lee because he was only known as fighting for the south. but george washington an...

Statutes of franklin, george washington, christopher columbus many say committed crimes and atrocities on native people in places he discovered. if you take away all the statutes, where does this stop as the president said? capitalist country washington, d.c., a slave owner. heather: when people delve into history and historic moments, they will realize it's across the united states. that's for sure. rob: a lot of the history in the country. heather: in the meantime we will switch gears completely. gerry lewis has passed away. >> do you have any regrets? >> any regrets? none. >> anything you w...

Professor. jonathan turley who knows. we have to change the at that point toll. let's talk about this. is there a legal precedent for tearing this stuff down? >> well, legally, people can do whatever they want with statues. it doesn't mean that it's wise. the fact is history is complex. one of the things that law professors and historians try to teach students is that history is not that neat. you learn from it. including the mistakes. these statues represent sort of markers in our history. where we evolved. george washington was a transitional figure in that sense. at the end of his life, he ...

University. university that he helped create. it's a world class university. because he supported segregation. and the university of virginia, the president was denounced because she merely quoted thomas jefferson and because he was a slave owner. -- brian: university of virginia. >> that's right. and what these movements represent is just a lack of balance but, more importantly, we need to have this discourse as a nation. it could be a healthy thing. >> right. >> removing statues in the middle of the night or demanding that all these things be bulldozed under with the history they represent i...

A bust of abraham lincoln in chicago was torched, and he was the one who freed the slaves. chicago is in the land of lincoln. open a history book. angela rye said this. >> george washington was a slave owner and we need to call slave owners out for what they were. he wasn't protecting my freedom. i wasn't something, my ancestors weren't deemed human beings to him. i don't care if it's george washington, thomas jefferson or robert e. lee. they all need to come down. jesse: it's one thing to remove a statue of robert e. lee because he was only known as fighting for the south. but george washingt...