5 Texas lawmakers tell Dallas mayor they want Confederate monuments removed
Confederate monuments in Dallas are "offensive, hurtful and repugnant," five state lawmakers wrote Thursday in a letter to Mayor Mike Rawlings.
The Dallas Democrats -- State Sen. Royce West and Reps. Rafael Anchia, Helen Giddings, Toni Rose and Roberto Alonzo -- said they support Rawlings' plan to have a task force look at what to do with monuments near City Hall and in Oak Lawn.
The future of Confederate monuments have been at the center of national rancor in recent days, especially after white supremacist protesters and counterprotesters clashed violently in Charlottesville, Va., last weekend. The demonstrations resulted in the deaths of two police officers and a counterprotester.
The legislators said the deaths created the "immediate necessity that the monuments that honor our horrid past and fuel hatred today must be removed."
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