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Confederate monuments have their day in appeals court Sept. 28 (LA)
By The Associated Press
on September 05, 2016 at 1:20 PM
updated September 05, 2016 at 1:22 PM
The court dispute over four New Orleans monuments honoring Civil War era figures will be heard by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Sept. 28. The court recently set the date in a case that pits City Hall against some preservationists and supporters of the monuments.
Mayor Mitch Landrieu urged removal of the monuments after police said a white supremacist killed nine parishioners inside the African-American Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., in June 2015. The City Council voted for removal in December, leading to the court fight ...
http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2016/09/confederate_monuments_have_the.html