Georgia removed 2 Confederate statues in 1 week as cities continue to reckon with racist pasts

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Two Confederate statues were removed from two Georgia towns over the course of three days last week as cities across the US continue to reckon with how to handle controversial historical sites.

A Confederate monument outside the Gwinnett County Courthouse in Lawrenceville, Georgia, was removed on February 4, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.

The Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners approved the 28-year-old statue being moved to storage on January 19 after it was vandalized during protests in June 2020.

Gwinnett County Solicitor-General Brian Whiteside filed a lawsuit against Gwinnett County seeking a court order to declare the monument a public nuisance.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/georgia-removed-2-confederate-statues-211844440.html

[TreasonousBastard]

1. Storage my ass. Send them over to Ft. Gordon to use for target practice.

[Karadeniz]

2. Good lord!!! One statue was put up only 28 years ago... did they all sleep through the civil rights

Movement? What in blooming hell were they thinking?????

[pfitz59]

3. Melt the brass, or crush the marble

Eliminate all vestiges of the swine...

[Hermit-The-Prog]

4. Monuments to traitors should not exist.