YEARS. NBC’S GABE GUTIERREZ HAS MORE ON THE UPROAR. >>Reporter: IT WAS THE DARK OF NIGHT, WORKERS IN HELMETS AND TACTICAL VESTS TEARING DOWN A CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL. SECURITY SO TIGHT SNIPERS WERE ON ROOFTOPS. >>WE SAY THIS IS A TOWERLESS, THAT THIS IS HAPPENING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. >>Reporter: THE LIBERTY MONUMENT DATED BACK TO 1891, McHENRY SAYS IT HONORED HIS GREAT GRANDFATHER. >>IT’S AN AGREESOUS ATTACK ON HISTORY. THIS IS THE HISTORY OF OUR AREA. YOU CAN’T CHANGE IT BY PULLING DOWN MONTHMENTS. >>Reporter: HE SAYS THE STATUTE IS OFFENSIVE AND ONCE USED AS A RALLYING POINT FOR THE KU KLUX KLAN. >>WE WON’T ALLOW THE CONFEDERACY…