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struggle4progress

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Wed Sep 20, 2017, 07:06 PM Sep 2017

Questions about legal boundaries near statues (Charlottesville VA)

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (NEWSPLEX) -- Orange fences and new no trespassing signs have been placed around the statues of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson ...

These new metal signs replace the temporary plastic signs the Parks and Recreation department put up on Tuesday. The signs, combined with the orange fences and tarp coverings, make clear that getting too close to the statues is now a crime.

The new signs and restricted access come after several cases where the tarps were taken down and replaced ...

"The city has decided that this part around the statues is not accessible any longer," Goodman said. "So anybody who goes against the signs that have been put up or across the fence line can and will be arrested for trespassing. It's a criminal offense in Virginia" ...

http://www.newsplex.com/content/news/New-signs-raise-questions-about-legal-boundaries-near-confederate-statues-446211143.html

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