Virginia supreme court to hear cases challenging removal of Confederate statue
by Associated Press in Richmond, Virginia from US news | The Guardian on (#5JQGC)
Governor's plan to take down a 131-year-old statue of Gen Robert E Lee came after George Floyd was murdered by a police officer
The supreme court of Virginia will this week hear arguments in legal challenges to Governor Ralph Northam's plan to take down a 131-year-old statue of Confederate Gen Robert E Lee, a move met with widespread praise from activists who had long seen it as a symbol of white supremacy.
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