Crews inspect\, but won’t yet remove\, Richmond’s Lee statue

Crews inspect, but won’t yet remove, Richmond’s Lee statue

Seattle Times Monday, 8 June 2020 ()
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Workers for the state of Virginia inspected Richmond’s huge statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee on Monday before its planned removal. While protesters have toppled some other Confederate statues and some cities have moved swiftly to remove what critics see as symbols of white supremacy, this monument won’t be so easy […]
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News video: Virginia Governor To Remove Statue Of Civil War General Robert E. Lee

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 Virginia Governor Ralph Northam responded to widespread protests decrying racism. This is after the death of George Floyd, a black man in police custody in Minneapolis. He ordered on Thursday the removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. The status of Lee resided in the state’s...