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(9,766 posts) Fri Aug 18, 2017, 09:59 AM Aug 2017

Dred Scott Author Statue Removed in Maryland

By BRIAN WITTE, Associated Press
Aug. 18, 2017, at 6:20 a.m.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A statue of the U.S. Supreme Court justice who wrote the 1857 Dred Scott decision that upheld slavery and denied citizenship to African Americans was removed from the grounds of the Maryland State House early Friday morning.

The statue of Roger B. Taney (TAW nee) was lifted away by a crane at about 2 a.m. It was lowered into a truck and driven away to storage. The bronze statue was erected in 1872, just outside the original front door of the State House.

Three of the four voting members of the State House Trust voted by email Wednesday to move the statue.

House Speaker Michael Busch, a Democrat who was one of the three who voted to remove it, wrote this week that the statue "doesn't belong" on the grounds.

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https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/virginia/articles/2017-08-18/maryland-removes-dredd-scott-ruling-authors-statue

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Dred Scott Author Statue Removed in Maryland (Original Post) B2G Aug 2017 OP

Sadly, aparently Bannon is enjoying the removal of these statues of racism. Kleveland Aug 2017 #1

Kleveland

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1. Sadly, aparently Bannon is enjoying the removal of these statues of racism.

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Fri Aug 18, 2017, 10:24 AM

Aug 2017

But please, don't let that be a reason to stop doing so!

I applaud all of the nation's city leaders who are be so pro-active in this regard.

If only we could hoist the statue of fat out of the White House, and put him in "storage".

Say, in the grey bar hotel?

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