The NYT's Holland Cotter: Don't Destroy Confederate Monuments

The resident art critic says to move them instead. "My reasons are pragmatic. When you find yourself at a crime scene, you don’t destroy evidence. You preserve it for the prosecution. In the case of images like this, the prosecutor is history, and the trial may be a long one, stretching far into the future, with many witnesses called. Rush to judgment and drastic action should be resisted."

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