Thursday, September 12, 2019

Charlottesville judge rules Confederate statues will stay

 Via Susan Lee

 

A judge in Charlottesville, Virginia has ruled the controversial statues to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and Gen. Stonewall Jackson must stay.

More than two years after the Feb. 2017 vote by the Charlottesville City Council to remove the statue of Lee, which prompted a lawsuit against the city and was the impetus for what eventually became a deadly white nationalist rally, Circuit Court Judge Richard Moore ruled the memorials can’t be touched.

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2 comments:

  1. Dan PattersonSeptember 13, 2019 at 9:43 AM

    Huzzah!
    And how about the ones taken down?

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    1. Brock TownsendSeptember 13, 2019 at 1:24 PM

      I'm afraid that they all will be gone in another 50 years. :(

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