Judge sides with Virginia, but Robert E. Lee statue stays put for now

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A judge today ruled in favor of the Democratic Virginia governor’s plans to remove an enormous statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee — but said the state can’t immediately act on his order

People gather around the Robert E. Lee statue on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va, on June 4, 2020. | Ryan M. Kelly/AFP via Getty ImagesRICHMOND, Va. — A judge on Tuesday ruled in favor of the Democratic Virginia governor’s plans to remove an enormous statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee — but said the state can’t immediately act on his order.

Reached by phone, an attorney for the plaintiffs, Patrick McSweeney, confirmed his clients would appeal to the Supreme Court of Virginia.The plaintiffs said in their lawsuit that taking down the bronze equestrian figure installed in 1890 would violate restrictive covenants in deeds that transferred the statue, its soaring pedestal and the land they sit on to the state.

“The Court therefore holds that, at this time, the restrictive covenants are unenforceable by this Court,” he wrote.

 

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judges in usa became puppets of the 'regime'😱

This is enough to vote republican down the ticket. Democrats have lost their minds.

It's only a matter of time..

Biden is honest, love and peace. Trump is evil, hate and war. It's so crystal clear.

they need to have it removed to honor BLM members selling cassettes to white schools / and BML giving their lives shooting at police and being shot back and are HEROS in the MESSY CIVIL WAR ON WHITE OFFICERS

do what DAllas city Manager did / have a SLAVE OVERSEEING PARY/and invite alllll --take OFFICERS PENSIONS/and pay it to the HIGHEST bidding BLACK / because its owed to them /pay him for a year/then drug it out and SOLD it and pocketed the money his was way before all this started

BITCOIN IS GOING NUTS!! It is up over $500 to $13.7k and it isn't suppose to slow down till 20k!!!! SHES A PEACH 🍑!!

Governor Blackface?

The night they brought Dixie down , all the people were singing

Love it with all the graffiti. Will be happy to see that trash taken down.

I like seeing it illumibombed with BLM imagery, but okay.

Cool 😎

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