'I chose my city': Birmingham removes Confederate monument, faces state lawsuit

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On Monday, Birmingham, Alabama, began the process of removing a Confederate monument from a park. The next day, state AG Marshall filed a lawsuit against the city, writing that the city violated Alabama's monument preservation law.

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The symbolism wasn't lost on residents of Birmingham, Alabama: On Monday, as state officials commemorated Confederacy leader Jefferson Davis as part of an

On Tuesday, state Attorney General Steve Marshall filed a civil lawsuit against the city, writing the move required a waiver, and without one, it has violated Alabama's monument preservation law. As such, Marshall wrote, the city is on the hook for a $25,000 fine, which would go to the state Historic Preservation Fund.that he warned Woodfin that the monument's removal from Linn Park"would violate the law and that I would fulfill my duty to enforce it.

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SevereSociety Blow that bitch up

Time for laws to change, America Demands Change put it in the cemetery where the dead had fallen!

Keep destroying history you don't like and you will be destroyed in the end. History shows the results of the destruction in America right now by just a 'Few'. Wait until the masses get tired of government stupidity. And it takes yrs to rebuild, not weeks.

EllenDatlow Hey, AGSteveMarshall take that racist monument and stick it where the sun don't shine.

Make the city pay to recreate the statue and put it back into place. Add insult wherever possible to history revisionists like the mayor.

This is an example of institutional racism.

There are 2 types of racist, one doesn't know he is racist, the other is racist because he knows he can get away with it .

Protect the Racist South! Honor the traitors!

When will they remove the monument of Washington, the slave owner, and remove the memorial hall of Jefferson, another slave owner?

TELEVISE OBAMA

It is the duty of all Patriots to remove monuments to traitors, isn't it?

It’s not about equality! It about anger!

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