Photos: Fencing comes down around Marcus-David Peters Circle

Bee the Gardner, who tended a garden in the circle before the fence was added, watches as crews work on removing the fencing around Marcus-David Peters Circle on Tuesday, August 29, 2023 in Richmond, Virginia. Marcus-David Peters was a Richmond-area middle school teacher who was killed by a Richmond police officer in 2018. His death sparked a movement calling for justice in his case and reforms to city policies, particularly when responding to mental health crises. However, it wasn't until the uprising for Black liberation following the 2020 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer that the area surrounding the Lee statue was renamed in his honor by community members.

Crews work on removing the fencing around Marcus-David Peters Circle on Tuesday, August 29, 2023 in Richmond, Virginia. Marcus-David Peters was a Richmond-area middle school teacher who was killed by a Richmond police officer in 2018. His death sparked a movement calling for justice in his case and reforms to city policies, particularly when responding to mental health crises. However, it wasn't until the uprising for Black liberation following the 2020 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer that the area surrounding the Lee statue was renamed in his honor by community members.

Crews work on removing the fencing around Marcus-David Peters Circle on Tuesday, August 29, 2023 in Richmond, Virginia. Marcus-David Peters was a Richmond-area middle school teacher who was killed by a Richmond police officer in 2018. His death sparked a movement calling for justice in his case and reforms to city policies, particularly when responding to mental health crises. However, it wasn't until the uprising for Black liberation following the 2020 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer that the area surrounding the Lee statue was renamed in his honor by community members.

Bee the Gardner watches as crews work on removing the fencing around Marcus-David Peters Circle on Tuesday, August 29, 2023 in Richmond, Virginia. Marcus-David Peters was a Richmond-area middle school teacher who was killed by a Richmond police officer in 2018. His death sparked a movement calling for justice in his case and reforms to city policies, particularly when responding to mental health crises. However, it wasn't until the uprising for Black liberation following the 2020 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer that the area surrounding the Lee statue was renamed in his honor by community members.

Crews work on removing the fencing around Marcus-David Peters Circle on Tuesday, August 29, 2023 in Richmond, Virginia. Marcus-David Peters was a Richmond-area middle school teacher who was killed by a Richmond police officer in 2018. His death sparked a movement calling for justice in his case and reforms to city policies, particularly when responding to mental health crises. However, it wasn't until the uprising for Black liberation following the 2020 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer that the area surrounding the Lee statue was renamed in his honor by community members.

Bee the Gardner watches as crews work on removing the fencing around Marcus-David Peters Circle on Tuesday, August 29, 2023 in Richmond, Virginia. Marcus-David Peters was a Richmond-area middle school teacher who was killed by a Richmond police officer in 2018. His death sparked a movement calling for justice in his case and reforms to city policies, particularly when responding to mental health crises. However, it wasn't until the uprising for Black liberation following the 2020 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer that the area surrounding the Lee statue was renamed in his honor by community members.

Crews work on removing the fencing around Marcus-David Peters Circle on Tuesday, August 29, 2023 in Richmond, Virginia. Marcus-David Peters was a Richmond-area middle school teacher who was killed by a Richmond police officer in 2018. His death sparked a movement calling for justice in his case and reforms to city policies, particularly when responding to mental health crises. However, it wasn't until the uprising for Black liberation following the 2020 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer that the area surrounding the Lee statue was renamed in his honor by community members.

Crews work on removing the fencing around Marcus-David Peters Circle on Tuesday, August 29, 2023 in Richmond, Virginia. Marcus-David Peters was a Richmond-area middle school teacher who was killed by a Richmond police officer in 2018. His death sparked a movement calling for justice in his case and reforms to city policies, particularly when responding to mental health crises. However, it wasn't until the uprising for Black liberation following the 2020 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer that the area surrounding the Lee statue was renamed in his honor by community members.

Crews work on removing the fencing around Marcus-David Peters Circle on Tuesday, August 29, 2023 in Richmond, Virginia. Marcus-David Peters was a Richmond-area middle school teacher who was killed by a Richmond police officer in 2018. His death sparked a movement calling for justice in his case and reforms to city policies, particularly when responding to mental health crises. However, it wasn't until the uprising for Black liberation following the 2020 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer that the area surrounding the Lee statue was renamed in his honor by community members.

Justin "Spider" Killough watches along Bee the Gardner as crews work on removing the fencing around Marcus-David Peters Circle on Tuesday, August 29, 2023 in Richmond, Virginia. Marcus-David Peters was a Richmond-area middle school teacher who was killed by a Richmond police officer in 2018. His death sparked a movement calling for justice in his case and reforms to city policies, particularly when responding to mental health crises. However, it wasn't until the uprising for Black liberation following the 2020 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer that the area surrounding the Lee statue was renamed in his honor by community members.