After years of civil rights activists calling for the removal of Confederate monuments, they're falling like dominoes amid nationwide protests in the wake of George Floyd's death in police custody.
The statue of the Confederate general will be placed in storage until leaders can discuss a potential new location.After years of civil rights activists calling for the removal of Confederate monuments, they're falling like dominoes amid nationwide protests in the wake of George Floyd's death in police custody.
A large group of protesters gather around the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, June 2, 2020, on Monument Avenue near downtown Richmond, Va. Editor's Note: This image has been altered to remove offensive language. Those protesting Floyd's death and police brutality had gathered at the statue this week, chanting,"Tear it down!"Mayor Joe Hogsett also acknowledged the current protests in the decision to remove a monument dedicated to Confederate soldiers who died at a prison camp in Indianapolis.
"Whatever original purpose this grave marker might once have had, for far too long it has served as nothing more than a painful reminder of our state's horrific embrace of the Ku Klux Klan a century ago," the mayor said."For some time, we have urged that this grave monument belongs in a museum, not in a park, but no organization has stepped forward to assume that responsibility. Time is up, and this grave marker will come down.
The Rev. Robert Wright Lee, a descendent of Robert E. Lee, said he fully supports the monument's removal.
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