The suspect, who destroyed a similar monument in Oklahoma two years ago, recorded a Facebook Live video of himself driving into the statue.
This monument of the Ten Commandments was installed by workers on the Arkansas Capitol grounds in Little Rock on Tuesday.
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The six-foot-tall piece of granite was funded by a private group, but lawmakers had to pass a law two years ago to allow it to be placed on state grounds.
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Here's what the monument looked like on Wednesday morning.
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The monument was toppled by a man who drive into the statue shortly before 5 a.m. local time, Chris Powell, a spokesman for the Arkansas secretary of state, told BuzzFeed News.
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