After a tense night of protests at the Jefferson Davis monument in Mid-City, five people were arrested, according to New Orleans police.

Of the five arrested, three were booked with disturbing the peace, one was booked with crossing a police cordon and the other with possession of marijuana and public intoxication.

The arrests came as protests continued against the decision to remove monuments to Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and PGT Beauregard. A monument to the Battle of Liberty Place was dismantled and removed a week earlier.

On Monday evening, a group of counterprotesters arrived for a standoff with the monument supporters. Exchanges occasionally became more than testy, with several people detained.

Those arrested were identified as follows:

Norman Hilred, 43, disturbing the peace

Theresa Wilden, 35, disturbing the peace

Columbia Bullion, 32, disturbing the peace

George Johnson, 42, crossing a police cordon

Dan Bingler, 33, possession of marijuana and public intoxication

Tensions eased only when New Orleans police officers created a pathway out of the hostile crowd for the monument supporters. They filed one by one to the safety of a nearby pickup truck.

“We fought you without fear for 100 years, we’ll fight you for 100 more. Go on home Johnny Rebel, go on home!” the monument opponents sang as the supporters walked.

The more than two dozen police on hand then ordered the entire crowd across the neutral ground and away from the statue.

“It turned into something we were not expecting,” said Eris Walsh, a New Orleans resident and monument opponent who was also at the statue on Sunday. “It got more heated than I personally would have liked.”

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