Report: Officers told 'stay way out' as Silent Sam toppled
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - A police chief assisting with crowd control during a protest at the University of North Carolina told his officers to stand aside as protesters tore down a century-old Confederate monument, according to documents obtained by a television station.
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