Richmond has removed Confederate General Thomas Jackson's statue, Wric reported.

US Virginia state city's Mayor Levar Stoney instructed to remove all the Confederate monuments from the streets.

The US has started demolishing monuments amid the protests as they have been targeted by protesters as symbols of racism and slavery.

Mass protests and riots have been held in many US states after the death of African-American George Floyd. Three police officers handcuffed Floyd, threw him to the ground and apprehended him, and one of them pressed his knee on the man's neck. All four police officers involved in the detention have been fired and charged.