The battles over Confederate monuments outside or near courthouses are not quieting in Alabama, even about three years after a spirited debate to have a Confederate monument relocated from the Madison County Courthouse in Huntsville.
– said she is appreciative of the ABA’s resolution but does not feel it will carry much sway in conservative counties.
Ed Kennedy, a Madison County representative of the Heritage Protection of North Alabama , said the Confederate memorials are not different than the U.S. flag. “Alabama should follow the lead of its peers, especially, if they are committed to a fair, non-biased legal system and judiciary,” she said.Camille Bennett, who has headed up Project Say Something and has spearheaded efforts to have the Confederate monument relocated from the Lauderdale County Courthouse, said while the ABA’s resolution “is a step in the right direction,” the biggest hope for change lies with the Alabama Legislature.
Even efforts to increase penalties for removing Confederate monuments have stalled. Former State Rep. Mike Holmes, R-Wetumpka, once pitched a bill to increase fines for removal from a flat $25,000 to $10,000 a day. But that bill also did not go anywhere.Most of the Confederate monuments remaining near the courthouses in Alabama are in counties that are mostly white and are governed by mostly Republicans.
A Confederate monument in Tuskegee, Ala., is shown with its base wrapped in tarps on June 12, 2020. A judge ruled in January 2023, for structure and its surrounding park is ongoing and will be considered by the Alabama Supreme Court. Jay Hinton, a Montgomery-based attorney representing a Confederate heritage group fighting against the ruling, said he does not believe the deed is enforceable, adding that the Tuskegee chapter “for 315 years, has not kept people off the park.
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