Two lawsuits challenge Lee statue's removal; Northam says 'divisive' monument 'needs to come down'

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Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch

As two legal challenges seek to block the removal of the Robert E. Lee statue on Richmond's Monument Avenue, Gov. Ralph Northam said Tuesday that the "divisive" symbol has to go.

The suits challenge Northam's plans to take down the most well-known Confederate symbol in the former capital of the Confederacy. One suit, which hinges on language in the deed signed in 1890 giving Virginia control of the statue, led a Richmond judge Monday night to pause the state's removal plans.

A second lawsuit, also filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Richmond, with no decision yet, says the removal would violate federal landmark law.

In an 18-page complaint filed Monday in Richmond Circuit Court, William C. Gregory, the great-grandson of two signatories of the deed, argues that under the terms of the 1890 agreement and a legislature-approved resolution, the state is supposed to consider the monument and the area around it "perpetually sacred" and "faithfully guard it and affectionately protect it."

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[roamer65]

1. Take it down and melt it.

[ace3csusm]

2. Again Why do they display a statue of a Traitor...

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They loss the war...I think this is where the participation trophies started...

[luvtheGWN]

11. Don't you mean "traitor"?

He led the Confederate Army against the Union. I'd say he should be tarred by the the same brush as Benedict Arnold.

[ace3csusm]

12. Thanks...maybe if they add the tarred and feathers and add Traitor sign to Statue it can stay...

[maxsolomon]

3. The good thing about having a riot destroy it is that it's a fait accompli

Judges can't block something that already happened.

[Rural_Progressive]

4. Here's an idea

Take the damn thing, put in a museum where it will be "perpetually sacred" and "faithfully guard it and affectionately protect it."

[ret5hd]

5. In the deepest vault, so absolutely no one...

will “blaspheme” in its direction.

[ace3csusm]

13. Put it in Trumper bunker...

[4139]

6. Move it to one of the battlefield parks .... there are civil war park all over Virginia

[Rural_Progressive]

7. Outdoor museums work for me!!

[lonely bird]

8. The hell with traitors

Put it one battlefield as long as any commentary posted with it focuses on their treason. And their racism.

[yankee87]

9. Be like Britain

Throw it into a river and say it tripped.

[TheFourthMind]

10. "perpetually sacred" and "faithfully guard it and affectionately protect it." hahahahahahahahahaha!

Fuck Robert E. Lee. Fuck the confederacy. And fuck the South that thinks it will ever rise again. That's never gonna happen. And soon enough the folks that support this nonsense are going to be about as useful in this country as a confederate soldier was, is, or would be.

[ace3csusm]

14. Wouldnt those word "The Sounth will Rise Again" be considered terrorist threats ...

Arent they saying they want to over throw the current government...