christian picciolini? chriristian picciolini:: let me just say. take the statues down, however we need to take them down. let's put them in confederate cemeteries, so people who do genuinely believe in the heritage, even though i disagree with that, can still pay homage to their idols and to their family members who lost their liveves in the civil war. however, i think we need to replace those statues with civil rights heroes, true americans, who did give their lives to fight for justice and the american dream. and especially the robert e. lee statue that is in charlottesville, i would propose that a statue goes up in its place to honor the three people who died that day, woman: do you know what it's like to lose a child? do you? the chambers brothers: ♪ time ♪ man: i'm the one that's gotta breathe that stuff at night. [man speaking native language] the chambers brothers: ♪ time woman: if you are going to shed blood because of our land, we will. the chambers brothers: ♪ time ♪

christian picciolini? chriristian picciolini:: let me just say.'s take the statues down, however we need to take them down. let's put them in confederate cemeteries, so people who do genuinely believe in the heritage, even though i disagree with that, can still pay homage to their idols and to their family members who lost their liveves in the civil war. however, i think we need to replace those statues with civil rights heroes, true americans, who did give their lives to fight for justice and the american dream. and especially the robert e. lee statue that is in charlottesville, i would propose that a statue goes up in its place to honor the three people who died that day, you know, because those are true americans. these are people that we need to look up to. these are the values that we hold dear as americans -- not politicians or military generals who promote war, who promote slavery, who owned slaves. that's not what america is about anymore. we're moving forward, and we need to moveve forwardrd with te values that we hold dear and that we wa

. >> my name is christian picciolini. the co-founder of life after hate. >> reporter: christian picciolini is a former white supremacist skinhead, the lead singer in a racist heavy metal rock band. he ran an organization focused on identifying white supremacists who might be convinced to walk away. de-radicalization. >> i think it's tough for us as a country to hold a mirror up to ourselves, to address a problem that's inherent in our own population and our own citizens. >> reporter: the ugly scene in charlottesville made it difficult to avoid that mirror. president trump was reluctant to blame white supremacists and neo-nazis for the violence, and offered support for their protest march to save a statue of robert e. lee. former ku klux klan grand wizard david duke said he was thrilled by what the president said. >> what's scary about donald trump and what's happening, is not that he's creating racists. i don't believe that. i believe that these people existed. he's created a safe place for them to now vent. >> reporter: