Federal judge allows Dallas to move forward with Robert E. Lee statue removal
Dallas officials can move forward with removal of the Robert E. Lee statue from an Oak Lawn park, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
U.S. District Judge Sidney Fitzwater dissolved the temporary restraining order that he had issued Wednesday, halting the removal that was already underway.
The motion for the restraining order was filed by Hiram Patterson and the Sons of Confederate Veterans, who complained to the court that the City Council had violated the First Amendment and the right to due process. Fitzwater said after a hearing Thursday that the plaintiffs failed to show in arguments and in their filings that the city had done either.
The statue will now come down sometime "over the next few days," said Kim Tolbert, the chief of staff for City Manager T.C. Broadnax.
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