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mahatmakanejeeves

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Thu Jun 18, 2020, 11:32 AM Jun 2020

Richmond judge extends injunction barring removal of Lee statue on Monument Avenue

Source: Richmond Times-Disptach

VIRGINIA
Richmond judge extends injunction barring removal of Lee statue on Monument Avenue

BY JUSTIN MATTINGLY Richmond Times-Dispatch 17 min ago

Virginia will have to continue to hold off on taking down the Robert E. Lee statue on Richmond's Monument Avenue.

A Richmond judge on Thursday extended indefinitely an injunction barring the state from removing the statue, the most well-known Confederate symbol in the former capital of the Confederacy. The statue has received increased scrutiny in the three weeks of protests in Richmond over police brutality and racial injustice.

The statue "belongs to the people," said Richmond Circuit Court Judge Bradley B. Cavedo, who has set another hearing in the case for July 23.

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Thursday's ruling and the June 8 injunction came in response to a lawsuit filed by William C. Gregory, the great-grandson of two signatories of the 1890 deed that transferred ownership of the land over to the state. The lawsuit argues that under the terms of the 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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(This is a developing story. It will be updated.)

Read more: https://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/richmond-judge-extends-injunction-barring-removal-of-lee-statue-on-monument-avenue/article_2494d3df-fcf5-5c5d-b66e-5fe3c01e9481.html



Hat tip, WTOP
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Richmond judge extends injunction barring removal of Lee statue on Monument Avenue (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 OP
They need to check his family history. LiberalFighter Jun 2020 #1
"belongs to the people"? Miguelito Loveless Jun 2020 #2
'Perpetually sacred' Cirque du So-What Jun 2020 #3
If it "belongs to the people" nevergiveup Jun 2020 #4
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2020 #5
I think we should demand a DNA test. As I read it he only intended for it to belong to the white Ford_Prefect Jun 2020 #6
Protect it by encasing it in a block of concrete, like Chernobyl. lagomorph777 Jun 2020 #7

Response to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Ford_Prefect

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6. I think we should demand a DNA test. As I read it he only intended for it to belong to the white
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 08:13 AM
Jun 2020

people of Virginia. In Lee's day, Blacks were not considered to be people in Virginia. If it belongs to the people of Virginia then it seems to me they have the right to move it into storage with other out of date fashions.

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