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Confederate memorial removed to make way for John Lewis statue
Friday January 29, 2021. 04:11 PM , from BoingBoing
Progress in Decatur, Georgia: a Confederate memorial was removed last night, having been ruled a public nuisance, and will be replaced by a statue of late U.S. Rep. John Lewis.
'In short, the Confederate obelisk has become an increasingly frequent target of graffiti and vandalism, a figurative lightning rod for friction among citizens, and a potential catastrophe that could happen at any time if individuals attempt to forcibly remove or destroy it,' the judge wrote in his order. — Read the rest
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