As the world reckons with racism and police brutality through weeks of protests, MU students are demanding the university remove the statue. Hours after protesters marched through campus and downtown Columbia May 31 decrying the killing of George Floyd, Leapheart created a change.org petition, addressed to UM System President Mun Choi, calling for the "Removal of Thomas Jefferson from Mizzou's Campus."
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