Judge Blocks Removal Of Confederate Statue That Sparked Charlottesville Protest
Judge Blocks Removal Of Confederate Statue That Sparked Charlottesville Protest Enlarge this image toggle caption Steve Helber/AP Steve Helber/AP A Virginia judge has blocked efforts to remove the statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee that was at the center of the deadly violence that erupted in Charlottesville in 2017. In a ruling issued this week, Judge Richard E. Moore said that any effort to remove the Lee statue would violate a state historic preservation statute and issued a permanent injunction preventing its removal. Sponsor Message Local residents filed a lawsuit in response, saying the council vote violated a state law barring the removal of war memorials. In his latest ruling, Moore cited the intent of the preservation law, saying, "I don't think I can infer that a historical preservation statute was intended to be racist," he said.
Statue of General Robert E Lee comes down in former Confederate capital of Virginia
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