(WGNO) The removal of Confederate monuments in New Orleans has been anything but usual, and tonight’s protest in front of the Jefferson Davis statue was another testament to just how unusual this entire process has been.
If you drove down Jeff Davis Parkway or Canal Street near the monument, you likely saw Arlene Barnum standing in front of Jefferson Davis, wearing a Confederate flag T-shirt and waving a large Confederate flag.
Barnum is a black woman who lives in Oklahoma, but is from Desoto Parish. She was visiting north Louisiana this week when she heard about the Liberty Place monument coming down overnight in secrecy and heavily guarded.
