COLLIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Six people accused of covering a Confederate marker in Tennessee with adhesive, feathers and spray paint were arrested Friday and charged with vandalism, police said.
All six were charged with vandalizing the Daughters of the Confederacy marker in Collierville's Town Square, news outlets reported, citing a statement from police. Authorities said none of the suspects live in the Shelby County community.
Officers at the scene saw the suspects getting into two cars and arrested them, the statement said.
There have been repeated calls recently to remove the marker, which was given to the town in the 1940s and declares the location as "Confederate Park."