A judge ordered Charlottesville city council to remove the tarps currently covering statues of Robert E Lee and Stonewall Jackson. Originally they were put up as a way to show solidarity with the loss of life during the “Unite the Rally” in August of 2017. The judge also ruled that the city council cannot remove the statues until the lawsuit placed by the Sons of Confederate Veterans is concluded on whether the statues need to stay in the local squares.
A judge in Charlottesville, Virginia has ordered that the city must take down black coverings currently obscuring the statues of several Confederate leaders located in the city. The statues were covered with tarps after a violent right-wing protest in the city in August of 2017, and the city originally planned…
A judge has ordered the city of Charlottesville to get rid of the tarps that have been put over Confederate statues. The tarps need to be removed within the next fifteen days according to the judge. The statues were covered because of recent actions that people have taken that resulted…
A judge has ordered the city of Charlottesville to get rid of some tarps that are covering the Confederate statues that reside there. The judge said that the tarps need to be removed within the nest fifteen days. They were covered up in response to some violence that was going…
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