Virginia governor orders removal of statue of Civil War General Lee

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Virginia’s governor ordered the removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in the state’s capital city of Richmond

- Virginia Governor Ralph Northam, responding to protests decrying racism after the death of a black man in police custody in Minneapolis, on Thursday ordered the removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in the state’s capital city of Richmond.

“Yes, that statue has been there for a long time. But it was wrong then and it is wrong now, so we’re taking it down,” Northam told a press conference. Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney cheered the governor’s order as Virginia was set to enter Phase Two of its coronavirus reopening plan on Friday, when restaurants and gyms can offer limited indoor service.

The move comes after George Floyd’s death on May 25 set off waves of protests and unrest across the United States. Four Minneapolis police officers have been criminally charged.

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