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s sport j2 money culture scene THE POLICE REACTED AS WELL Protesters at the White House tried to tear down a statue of the president they compare to Trump Monuments to historical figures seen by protesters as racists or linked to slavery are being destroyed across the United States. Author: HinaPublished: June 23, 2020 10:50 8068771 Eric Baradat / AFP Facebook Twitter Messenger E-mail RELATED NEWS A statue of Theodore Roosevelt at the entrance to the American Museum of Natural History 'TEDDY' INJURED New York is removing a statue depicting the former president sitting on a horse next to a black man and an Indian NEW DECREE Donald Trump plans to freeze the issuance of ‘green cards’ to foreign workers Protesters tried to tear down a monument to Andrew Jackson , the seventh U.S. president, in a park near the White House on Monday, but police dispersed them before they managed to tear down the statue with ropes. Protesters tried to tear down a Jackson statue located in Lafayette Square, one of the main hotspots of clashes between protesters and police. The famous bronze statue is the latest in a series of monuments that protesters across the United States have tried to demolish after unarmed African-American George Floyd died in custody in late May . These are monuments to historical figures that protesters consider racist or associated with slavery. Protesters most often targeted monuments to Confederate generals, but statues of Christopher Columbus were also torn down, while in San Francisco on Saturday, protesters tore down a monument to Union General Ulysses Grant and San Francisco's patron saint, St. Juniper. Trump wrote on Twitter that many people had been arrested for “shameful vandalism” in Lafayette Park and for damaging the outside of St. Paul’s Church. John in Lafayette Square. "Ten years in prison under the Veterans Monuments Preservation Act. Be careful," Trump warned. The incident happened late Monday night when protesters, mostly wearing masks due to the pandemic, broke through a nearly 2-meter-high fence erected in recent days to protect the monument in the center of the park. Protesters then painted the pedestal of the monument yellow and tied a rope around Jackson and his horse, after which they tried to pull out the monument. Dozens of members of the security forces intervened and dispersed the protesters with batons and tear gas. Jackson was president for two terms from 1829 to 1837 with populist characteristics, which is why he is sometimes compared to Trump. Prior to his presidency, General Democrat Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830, forcibly evicting Indigenous people from the southern United States to areas west of the Mississippi River, during a long journey called the Tear Trail. , thousands of Indians died