Charlottesville protest revives Confederate statue removal battle

Charlottesville protest revives Confederate statue removal battle

In Memphis, Tennessee, the city is suing the state for the removal of a bust of Nathan Bedford Forrest, an early Ku Klux Klan leader, which stands in the capitol. In Frankfort, Kentucky, its a statue of the Jefferson Davis, that has drawn ire from the local NAACP chapter for years. In Jacksonville, Florida, Anna Lopez Brosche, president of the city council, has requested the city take a full inventory...of all publicly displayed Confederate symbols on public property, and develop a plan to relocate them. Its all part of the age-old controversy which has has regained national attention......in the wake of Charlottesville, Virginias deadly Unite the Right rally. The rally was held in response to the city councils decision to remove the Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesvilles Lee Park, to be renamed Emancipation Park. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, over 700 Confederate monuments and statues remain on U.S. public land Aug 16, 2017
Trump retweets Alt-Right leader who praised white supremacist Richard Spencer

Trump retweets Alt-Right leader who praised white supremacist Richard Spencer

President Donald Trump has retweeted a statement written by one of the alt-rights leading figures, who has defended white supremacists.On Monday the president denounced violence at a rally in Charlottesville, Virigina, over the weekend. Racism is evil and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and other hate groups are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans, said Trump. Trumps statement followed concerns, including from many Republicans, that his earlier condemnation of violence on both sides Saturday didnt single out racist groups, particularly after James A. Fields Jr. was charged with second-degree murder. Fields Jr. reportedly rammed his car into counter-protesters at the rally, killing one and injuring 19 others.   Aug 16, 2017