I agree that monument and statue removal should be done at the local level, decided by representatives who are voting for the removal, because that is what those who elected them wanted. On the contrary, I feel it is a big problem when rioters take it upon themselves to deface, destroy, and physically remove the monuments and statues themselves. This is an act of violence, destruction of public property, and they should be prosecuted in the same manner that someone would, if he destroyed a store front because he did not like the store's inventory.