{"id":73294,"date":"2020-06-11T12:25:23","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T10:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whisnews21.com\/?p=73294"},"modified":"2020-08-03T22:35:21","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T22:35:21","slug":"historic-ryman-auditorium-vandalized-in-violent-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/11\/historic-ryman-auditorium-vandalized-in-violent-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ryman Auditorium Vandalized In Violent Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-73301\" src=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/courthouse.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/courthouse.jpg 750w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/courthouse-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Historic Ryman Auditorium Vandalized In Violent Protests<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Yet Another Heartbreaking Scene Of Criminals Looting<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Nashville\u2019s famous strip of neon-lit honky-tonks came under siege Saturday night (May 30), as peaceful protests devolved into violent looting and vandalism. The frightening incident even threatened country music\u2019s most iconic piece of history.<\/p>\n<p>What eventually became a full-scale riot with hundreds of people swarming the city\u2019s already-battered tourist mecca didn\u2019t start out that way, beginning with a call for nonviolent protest at County Courthouse at 3 p.m. Countless supporters showed up to protest the killing of George Floyd and police brutality, but by nightfall the scene had turned ugly, with protesters spray-painting graffiti, breaking windows and tossing burning objects inside the building.<\/p>\n<p>Heartbreaking images in the aftermath of the destruction in our great city Sat night\u2026from the Historic Courthouse, which was set on fire, to businesses vandalized on Broadway. Social Media comment<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BWMoT1iXTmc\" width=\"1000\" height=\"565\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The fires did not spread but\u00a0<em>did<\/em>\u00a0cause damage to the historic building, and on Sunday\u00a0Police arrested a 25-year-old man Madison man\u00a0on felony charges. Requests for information about\u00a0other suspected arsonists\u00a0have been added.<\/p>\n<p>Nashville\u2019s Broadway strip, which has just begun reopening process, has taken a hit. The Stage venue\u2019s glass is broken out. Glass is shattered at Margaritaville and merchandise inside is disheveled<\/p>\n<p>Looters then turned their attention on Nashville\u2019s beloved Lower Broadway (which is only a short distance from the courthouse), breaking more windows, setting fires and ransacking a number of local businesses. Big Time Boots, AJ\u2019s Good Time Bar, The Stage, Jimmy Buffett\u2019s Margaritaville, Legends Corner, and more were impacted, and in all 30 local buildings sustained damage due to the riots. But perhaps most shockingly, one of those buildings was the historic Ryman Auditorium \u2014 the most famous home of the Grand Ole Opry and live-concert treasure, known around the world as the Mother Church of Country Music.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YGYqAuHtd4A\" width=\"1024\" height=\"565\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Ryman stands less than a block from Lower Broadway and became another target of vandalism, but luckily only one window was broken. No fires were set. The outbreak of violence caused Nashville Mayor John Cooper to call for a 10 p.m. citywide curfew, and police swept the area threatening to arrest anyone caught on the streets. The courthouse protest was dispersed with tear gas on live television, while protests at the city\u2019s central police precinct were\u00a0broken up using horses, and Tennessee Governor Bill Lee mobilized the National Guard.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eLKDXXZRYG0\" width=\"1024\" height=\"565\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"post_content\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"post_content\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<h3>\u00a0&#8211; Nothing Is Sacred To Criminals Stealing and looting disguised as protestors, May 2020<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historic Ryman Auditorium Vandalized In Violent Protests Yet Another Heartbreaking Scene Of Criminals Looting Nashville\u2019s famous strip of neon-lit honky-tonks came under siege Saturday night (May 30), as peaceful protests devolved into violent looting and vandalism. The frightening incident even threatened country music\u2019s most iconic piece of history. What eventually became a full-scale riot with hundreds of people swarming the city\u2019s already-battered tourist mecca didn\u2019t start out that way, beginning with a call for nonviolent protest at County Courthouse at 3 p.m. Countless supporters showed up to protest the killing<a href=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/11\/historic-ryman-auditorium-vandalized-in-violent-protests\/\" class=\"read-more\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73294"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73294"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73589,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73294\/revisions\/73589"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}