(CHARLOTTESVILLE – WINA) In advance of a well-publicized rally at Justice Park by North Carolina members of the Ku Klux Klan, a statue of General Robert E. Lee was defaced this weekend in nearby Emancipation Park. Charlottesville Police say red paint was tossed on Lee’s 1924 equestrian statue, along with some black graffiti.

There have been no arrests. It happened in the hours preceding a KKK rally at Justice Park, which until recently was known as Jackson Park.