In Richmond, Virginia, onlookers cheer as 21-foot-tall bronze figure is dismantled and hauled away under heavy police presence, but no counter-protesters show up

The statue and another Confederate tribute are to be taken down Saturday, nearly four years after violence erupted at 'Unite the Right' rally

Remarks come after Biden makes president's 'very fine people on both sides' defense of white supremacists the center of his campaign launch