One of the most prominent Confederate monuments—the Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond, Virginia—is staying around indefinitely after a judge extended an injunction stopping the statue’s removal
, blocking Gov. Ralph Northam’s order to have the controversial public image of the Confederate general removed.... [+]
a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is pictured on June 4, 2020 in Richmond, Virginia. Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney announced plans to take down the statue. A judge on Thursday extended an earlier 10-day injunction that was set to expire, stemming from a lawsuit that cites a 130-year-old agreement the state signed to take control of the statue promising that it would be considered “perpetually sacred.
On June 4, Gov. Northam had announced that the controversial statue would be taken down and put into storage, but a Richmond judge issued a 10-day injunction blocking the removal on June 8 after the great-grandson of two men that signed a deed giving the state control of the the monument in 1890 sued the state.
Though Circuit Judge Bradley Cavedo did extend the injunction indefinitely on Thursday, he also said the complaint against the state was legally flawed, and gave the plaintiff 21 days to fix it. Virginia’s Attorney General, a Democrat—as is Northam, had urged the judge not to extend the injunction, saying that “state-sponsored displays of racism” should be removed.“For many Virginians, the Lee Monument is a reminder of a past that should be shunned or atoned for, not celebrated,” Herring said in a. “This is especially true of the descendants of people whose ancestors were held in bondage because of the color of their skin.
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