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3. Removal of Robert E. Lee statue in Dallas halted

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Wed Sep 6, 2017, 07:50 PM

Sep 2017

BY RYAN OSBORNE
SEPTEMBER 06, 2017 5:01 PM

DALLAS

... As workers began .. removing the Confederate monument Wednesday .. a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order and set a hearing for Thursday afternoon ...

The motion .. was filed by Hiram Patterson of the Texas division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. The motion argued that removing the Lee statue “is an imminent and unconstitutional attempt to curtail free speech by ordaining what mute political symbols must mean.”

U.S. District Judge Sydney A. Fitzwater is presiding ...

http://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/community/dallas/article171627232.html

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Dallas Council Votes To Remove Confederate Statue In Lee Park [View all] struggle4progress Sep 2017 OP

Next move should be to rename the park rurallib Sep 2017 #1

Some friends in Dallas suggest "Stoner Park," based on what they remember of the 1970s struggle4progress Sep 2017 #2

Removal of Robert E. Lee statue in Dallas halted struggle4progress Sep 2017 #3

Judge Orders Halt to Removal struggle4progress Sep 2017 #4

Man that sucks!! LeftInTX Sep 2017 #5

No worries about defacing and graffiti? oasis Sep 2017 #6