Crews take down a 12-ton statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia, after the state Supreme Court last week cleared the way for its removal
A pair of rulings from the state Supreme Court last week cleared the way for its removal after intense national debate over the 12-ton statue's purpose and place along the nearly one-mile, tree-lined street in the city that was once the capital of the Confederacy.
"Patrick McSweeney, an attorney for residents along Monument Avenue in one of the lawsuits, told CNN on Tuesday that he had informed the Virginia Supreme Court that he will request a rehearing.Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring, a Democrat, on Tuesday countered that the state's high court"stated plainly that the prior injunction pending appeal was dissolved 'immediately.
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