CNN has compiled a list of "unforgivable" statues and place names, leading some to accuse the network of inciting the mob to tear them down.

Since the riots in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd, numerous statues and monuments across the country have been defaced and torn down.

In one case, a statue fell on top of a protester in Portsmouth, Virginia, leaving him in a coma and in Albuquerque yesterday, a mob tearing down a statue turned on and attacked an armed man, leading to a protester being shot as the man tried to defend himself from a vicious attack.

Apparently, America hasn't experienced enough violent chaos recently given the network's decision to publish an article listing a number of "unforgivable" statues, effectively painting a target on them.

In an article entitled 'Honoring the unforgivable – The horrific acts behind the names on America's infamous monuments and tributes', CNN's Eliott C. McLaughlin asserts, "If historical figures embraced hate or violence, it doesn't matter that they were great singers, innovators or wartime strategists, nor that they had changes of heart later in life."