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>> to a lot of people this monument as a symbol of racism. >> i've been accused of being racist. and if i was racist why would i -- >> i still consider this meaning tennessee, to be the confederate states of america says the man. that is how he explained why he put up that sculpture we just put up. made from babcock and stuff. shaped with a butcher knife he says. that's why you put up that statue that was created by the lawyer for the man who killed martin luther king. it is a statue that depicts a man on a horse, and although there is no way you would know this if i didn't tell you, the man i...

Physically buried underneath it. nathan bedford forrest's body and his wife was under that statue in that memphis park. when they started digging after they took down the statue, it turns out, the directions they had weren't exactly right. they weren't directly under the statue. they were kind of under the plaza in front of where the statue had been. it took them a while hunting around to find the caskets. they did finally find the remains. they made a plan to rebury them this fall, a few weeks ago. look what they had to do to get it done. local nbc 5 in memphis, tennessee, got an exclusive lo...

But then look at what they had to do in order to get it done. local nbc five in memphis, tennessee, got an exclusive look at this. this is just astonishing. and again, remember, this is the confederate general, wealthy slave trader, first grand wizard of the ku klux klan, nathan bedford forrest. >> all of a, along with the soil, transferred into temporary caskets for transporting. with the remains of a man both reviled and revered and the weight of a city divided on its shoulders, taylor ordered his staff to place the caskets in two different vehicles. >> i have my staff simply the site, drive...

That is how he explained why he put up that sculpture we just showed you, made from bathtub caulk and stuff, with a butcher knife. that's why he put up that statue, that was created by the lawyer for the man who killed martin luther king. a man on a horse. there's no way you would know this, is a man named nathan bedford forrest. nathan bedford forrest was a plantation owner. a very wealthy slave trader. a general in the confederate army. after the civil war was over, he became the first grand wizard of the ku klux klan. that's why, for the past 20-plus years, since roughly 1998, there has bee...

Poisonous rhetoric about border patrol officers are overwhelmingly hispanic side away and they are paid annually only a fraction of what hunter pockets from one lousy painting but by mimicking out sharpton on race, they make themselves look more petty and less serious. it is all one big change of subject move on their part, from the images of migrant squalor and audio to the images of slave trader border agents on horseback, the truth is president biden is to blame for both images which is why his poll numbers are in freefall and he is violating not just his unity promise but his i will follow...